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Duffy's Corner
NAFTA Generates National Security Problems
By Kevin Duffy
9/10/07 - Opinion
Last Thursday marked a brave new era in American border-security and national sovereignty. The US Department of Transportation began issuing permits to Mexican trucking companies in a pilot program that allows unrestricted access across the southern border and throughout the US. All in the name of free trade, the government has chosen to side with corporations. The American people who reject open borders and demand security and cultural sovereignty are left awestruck at the self-destructive actions this administration continues to condone.
So how could our government even begin to rationalize a policy of unfettered Mexican truck movement? It centers on the Clinton-era policy of NAFTA, or North American Free Trade Agreement, which champions the economic principle of free trade largely between Canada, Mexico and the US. While NAFTA's long-term economic policy contains valid arguments, it fails miserably to address the social, political and cultural realities of the trading nations.
Long has been the dream of NAFTA supporters of a massive superhighway spanning the three countries. People, cargo and information could flow freely across borders and immense economic prosperity would follow. While no superhighway has yet been constructed, the trucking maneuver by the Transportation Department illustrates the first steps in this direction.
The problem is the all-too-persistent habit in America of "wearing rose-colored glasses." If the only effect of NAFTA was to better the chances of economic prosperity, there might be little argument. The truth about the motives behind the association and the trucking agreement are far less benevolent.
The last time I checked, the western world was engaged in a war with islamofascism. I'm not talking about Iraq or Afghanistan, but the broader conflict between two vastly differing ideologies. That argument aside, the foremost obligation of the federal government is to protect our borders from enemies seeking to harm the citizens of this country. Any individual, group, or technology can easily enter Mexico, at will, and without question. The thought of foreign truckers piloting massive semi-trailers stocked with unchecked goods and unchecked destinations, forces any logical person to question how this policy is contributing to national security.
The United States is currently home to over 12 million illegal aliens, the vast majority of them being of Mexican origin. The US is governed by the rule of law, which explicitly prohibits undocumented entry into this country. While politicians on capitol hill and in the early caucus debates promise to build walls, enforce business laws and the like, they continue to pass new legislation that further promotes illegal immigration. The double-talk leaks from their mouths while the human flood crosses the border.
So while you sit comfortably in the newly upholstered lounge chairs of the SRC and think that this, in no way, affects you, just remember, the Mexican border is a lot closer then you think. The serene valley between Mt. Zion and S. Table Mountain represents our way of life; something that is in the process of changing instantly if immediate action is not taken.
So how could our government even begin to rationalize a policy of unfettered Mexican truck movement? It centers on the Clinton-era policy of NAFTA, or North American Free Trade Agreement, which champions the economic principle of free trade largely between Canada, Mexico and the US. While NAFTA's long-term economic policy contains valid arguments, it fails miserably to address the social, political and cultural realities of the trading nations.
Long has been the dream of NAFTA supporters of a massive superhighway spanning the three countries. People, cargo and information could flow freely across borders and immense economic prosperity would follow. While no superhighway has yet been constructed, the trucking maneuver by the Transportation Department illustrates the first steps in this direction.
The problem is the all-too-persistent habit in America of "wearing rose-colored glasses." If the only effect of NAFTA was to better the chances of economic prosperity, there might be little argument. The truth about the motives behind the association and the trucking agreement are far less benevolent.
The last time I checked, the western world was engaged in a war with islamofascism. I'm not talking about Iraq or Afghanistan, but the broader conflict between two vastly differing ideologies. That argument aside, the foremost obligation of the federal government is to protect our borders from enemies seeking to harm the citizens of this country. Any individual, group, or technology can easily enter Mexico, at will, and without question. The thought of foreign truckers piloting massive semi-trailers stocked with unchecked goods and unchecked destinations, forces any logical person to question how this policy is contributing to national security.
The United States is currently home to over 12 million illegal aliens, the vast majority of them being of Mexican origin. The US is governed by the rule of law, which explicitly prohibits undocumented entry into this country. While politicians on capitol hill and in the early caucus debates promise to build walls, enforce business laws and the like, they continue to pass new legislation that further promotes illegal immigration. The double-talk leaks from their mouths while the human flood crosses the border.
So while you sit comfortably in the newly upholstered lounge chairs of the SRC and think that this, in no way, affects you, just remember, the Mexican border is a lot closer then you think. The serene valley between Mt. Zion and S. Table Mountain represents our way of life; something that is in the process of changing instantly if immediate action is not taken.
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