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the Invasion!
Cops' plea to President Bush...
[Jm
Kouri] 2/2/06
During the
last presidential campaign cycle, many national and local police
organizations, as well as individual officers and commanders,
supported the reelection of George W. Bush. Commanders and
rank-and-file officers understood the fact that compared to
the alternatives, Bush was the right man to serve as Commander-in-Chief
in wartime.
For instance,
the nation's largest organization, National Fraternal Order
of Police -- representing over 350,000 officers -- endorsed
Bush, as did many local organizations such as the New York
Police Department's Police Benevolent Association, Detectives
Endowment Association and others.
But now there's
increasing disenchantment with President Bush on his handling
of illegal immigration and border security. More and more police
agencies find themselves engulfed in crimes being committed
by illegal aliens. Mexican nationals dressed in military uniforms
are coming into the United States while they protect drug and
human traffickers and yet our leaders in Washington a best
offer lip-service, at worst ignore the problem not wishing
to alienate a perceived voting block.
Contributor
Jim
Kouri
Jim
Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National
Association of Chiefs of Police. He's former chief at
a New York City housing project in Washington Heights
nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering
the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as
director of public safety at a New Jersey university. He's
also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained
police and security officers throughout the country. He
writes for many police and crime magazines including
Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer, Campus
Law Enforcement Journal, and others. He's appeared
as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news
and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN
Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume
The Position is available at Amazon.Com, Booksamillion.com,
and can be ordered at local bookstores. Kouri holds a
bachelor of science in criminal justice and master of
arts in public administration and he's a board certified
protection professional. [go to Kouri index]
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"The problem has gotten worse and worse each year and the
only people debating the subject [of illegal immigration] are
American citizens. The politicians -- local, state and federal
-- ignore the will of the people," says one police chief
who's mayor is pro-open borders.
Let's examine a recent complaint by one law enforcement commander,
who is a Mexican-American himself:
Zapatas County, TX Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez says that the
Mexico-US border problem is worsening. Sheriff Gonzalez said
that Mexican troops, or those dressed in Mexican Army uniforms,
continue to illegally enter the US on a regular basis.
Gonzales provides accounts of gunfire on the Mexico-US Texas
border areas, on both Sunday and Tuesday, which even extended
into residential areas. Gonzales said that individuals dressed
in Battle Dress Uniforms (BDUs) and carrying automatic weapons
were becoming a dangerous and escalating problem.
Gonzales also confirms that terrorist training camps (including
those for the terror-gang MS-13) are active just South of Brownsville,
TX in Mexico, something that been long believed by many police
and security executives.
Yet, Sheriff Gonzales's pleas are being ignored by the mainstream
news media and political leaders. When CBS News' 60 Minutes recently
did a story on illegal immigration, the segment, hosted by Ed
Bradley, was more propaganda than information. It was all emotion
as opposed to being fact filled. And it was pro-illegal immigration.
According to US Customs and Border Protection agents, there
have been 231 such incursions since 1996, an average of more
than 28 per year. In addition, there have been cases of Middle
Eastern men from terrorism-sponsoring nations gaining entry from
Mexico into the US. Illegal aliens also commit a disproportionate
amount of violent crime, including murder, sex crime against
children and armed robbery.
In one study of a sample 55,000 illegal immigrants serving prison
sentences in the US, it was discovered that they are responsible
for over 400,000 arrests and over 700,000 felony crimes. In Los
Angeles, 95 percent of the outstanding arrest warrants for homicide
are for illegal aliens, with 65 percent of the overall arrest
warrants are for illegals.
This is a widespread problem and will eventually lead to more
crime and violence. How can the President of the United States
allow a foreign soldiers on US soil who are carrying automatic
firearms? Where are the so-called gun control advocates in
congress who wish to disarm American citizens? Are they not
concerned with foreign nationals entering the country armed
to the teeth? US police departments are outgunned and outmanned
and no one save a few congressmen are displaying any concern. -CRO-
Sources: Santa Ana, CA Police Department, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, US Attorney's Office, California Highway Patrol,
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, National Association
of Chiefs of Police, American Federation of Police
copyright
2006 Jim Kouri
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