February 04, 2003
Memo From Mexico, By
Allan Wall
An Open Letter To President Bush
“This country has many
challenges. We will not deny, we will not ignore, we
will not pass along our problems to other Congresses, to
other presidents, and other generations. We will
confront them with focus and clarity and courage.”
--- President George W. Bush, State of
the Union Address, [text
video
audio] January 28th, 2003
Right on, Mr. President! It seems to me however, that
your speech ignored some of the biggest problems being
dumped on future generations. You never mentioned the
divisive multiculturalism being foisted on a public
which never asked for it.
You never mentioned the burdens of mass immigration
and how it affects ordinary citizens. And you never
mentioned the fact that our
borders are out of control.
Need I mention that the 9/11 attacks
themselves were a failure of
immigration policy?
You spoke of several challenges facing our nation
without even mentioning the impact of immigration.
Education, for example. You boasted that “We
achieved historic education reform–which must now be
carried out in every school and in every classroom, so
that every child in America can read and learn and
succeed in life.”
You failed to mention the threat that illegal
immigration poses to
American education. After all, you yourself
support the Balkanizing boondoggle of bilingual
education. Public schools have
enough problems without having to educate every
illegal alien who crosses the border, and
every child of every illegal alien.
Or health care: “Our second goal is high quality,
affordable health care for all Americans.” Sounds
nice, Mr. Bush, but what we have now is
free health care for all illegal aliens. Hospitals
are
paying out millions of dollars a year to care for
illegal aliens. When will you and Congress do something
about that?
Americans owe respect to our president. As a member
of the Texas Army National Guard, you are my
commander-in-chief. I might even get called up before
the upcoming Iraqi war is over.
But it’s also my duty as an American citizen to point
out where I believe my president is wrong.
With all due respect, Mr. President, it seems to me
that your nose truly took on Pinocchio proportions when
you said “This government is taking unprecedented
measures to protect our people and defend our homeland.”
You can’t be serious, Mr. President. Not when you
yourself promote an
amnesty for illegal aliens, which would encourage
more illegal immigration. Not when your federal
government comes up so short that
private citizens are having to
guard the border. And not when you yourself have
used
“family values”–whatever that might mean–to justify
illegal immigration. Incredibly, you even said that
Americans should “respect illegal immigration.”
In your State of the Union speech you claimed that
“We’ve intensified security at the borders and ports of
entry....”
How about Arizona? How about the illegal aliens who
are caught and released? The fact that we can’t even
keep track of immigrants? The 100,000 Middle Eastern
illegals who are unaccounted for? And by the way,
Mexicans aren’t the only people crossing the southern
border–how long till Al-Qaeda sends a team across?
Or have they already?
President Bush, you have failed to secure our
borders. You haven’t even tried very hard. Your rhetoric
has even discouraged it.
That’s why you, the President of the United States,
are at the receiving end of a pending lawsuit, brought
by Joseph Sadowski. You are being sued for “aiding,
abetting and encouraging illegal immigration.”
Indeed Mr. Bush, reading what you have said and done
about illegal immigration in the past two years, it’s
difficult not to agree with Mr. Sadowski. Have you
forgotten your oath to defend the constitution?
[For more information on the lawsuit, see
here.]
Why are you soft on illegal immigration? The Hispanic
vote? So do Hispanics have the
same interests as other Americans? If so, treat them
like other Americans. If not, please tell us how their
interests differ.
Are you still trying to please your “amigo”
Vicente Fox? He’s sure not trying to
help you.
Do you really want to help Mexico? Control the
borders and reduce immigration. Then the Mexican
government will be forced to
solve its own problems.
In your State of the Union address, Mr. Bush, you had
some encouraging words for members of the U.S. military:
“Tonight I have a
message for the men and women who will keep the peace,
members of the American Armed Forces.....You believe in
America, and America believes in you.”
I’m glad you are commending those who are really
laying it on the line for the country. They are the ones
who will really be invading Iraq when you say “Let’s
Roll!”
But how will these soldiers, sailors and airmen be
treated around retirement time? After all, the federal
government has just
cut off some veteran’s benefits at the same time it
continues giving benefits to illegal aliens.
I understand that veterans’ benefits have their
limits. But shouldn’t veterans be given preference over
illegal aliens?
Don’t get me wrong, Mr. President. I liked some of
the things you SAID in your speech. I just wonder how
seriously you take some of it. For instance, you
declared that
“....the course of this
nation does not depend on the decisions of others.”
Bravo! A strike for the sovereignty of the U.S. of A.
But Mr. President, if you really believe that, why
haven’t you spoken out against the matricula consular?
It’s an ID issued by the government of Mexico to avoid
the deportation of illegal aliens. In other words, U.S.
immigration policy depends in part on “the decisions of
others”–of the
Mexican government, that is.
And why have you failed to reprimand even one of the
many
Mexican diplomats who are meddling in
internal U.S. policy matters?
When you do so, I can take your claim seriously.
President Bush, you are our commander-in-chief. If
you go head to head with Saddam, of course you have my
support. But I would feel a whole lot better about it if
you were more serious about shoring up things at home.
As long as the U.S. border is out of control, no
amount of warfare abroad will make us secure.
Fighting in the Middle East without securing our
own borders is like combing the neighborhood for
thieves while leaving
one’s own door open.
It’s just not logical.
American citizen Allan
Wall lives in Mexico, but spends a total of about six
weeks a year in the state of Texas, where he drills with
the Texas Army National Guard.
His VDARE.COM articles are archived
here; his
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM articles are archived
here. Readers can contact Allan Wall at
allan39@prodigy.net.mx
