Mark Twain once said, “Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Unfortunately, this quote could be used by terrorist organizations that, contrary to the claims of the administration, are alive, growing and seeking our demise.
During the last presidential campaign, the Obama administration simplistically claimed, “Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive” as a campaign slogan. The administration refused to use the word terrorists and terrorism. The harsh reality is that while artful use of language may help win elections and convince (deceive) the American people to accept what should be unacceptable “solutions” to problems, semantic games do not actually solve problems or protect America or Americans from the threats posed by terrorist groups, such as ISIS, and transnational criminal organizations.
While the president and politicians from both the Republican and Democratic political parties have found all sorts of bogus excuses to implement Comprehensive Immigration Reform, the reality is that failures of the immigration system imperil national security and public safety, and present a host of other threats and challenges for America.
Bowing to pressure of their constituents, some politicians, who, not atypically, attempt to be in two opposing positions on the same issue simultaneously, have demanded that the border be secured first to prevent the entry of terrorists. These are the very same politicians who have been openly supportive of providing “DREAMERS” with lawful status, pathways to citizenship for illegal aliens who join the military and a host of similar proposals that would do irrevocable damage to national security.
Obviously our borders must be truly secured to prevent the entry of aliens engaged in terrorism or aliens who would otherwise be problematic for America. However, while the southwest border must be secured, so too we must understand that terrorists can and have gained entry into the United States through ports of entry by committing visa fraud. They may enter by stowing away on ships or running the northern border. We are, indeed, a country of 50 border states.
On September 3, I was a guest on the NewsMax-TV program, “America’s Forum” hosted by JD Hayworth, to discuss yet another troubling story about yet another screw-up by DHS, an agency I have long referred to as the Department of Homeland Surrender.
