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Bordering on Trouble

Just a week after five mystery men supposedly snuck across the Canadian-US border on a tip from an informant, the information turns out to be false. Coupled though with this, is news of a different kind, and on the opposite border. For those of you who haven’t heard of the Civilian Homeland Defense take heart: you will. This group, led by the editor of the Tombstone Tumbleweed, Chris Simcox, hopes to help prevent illegal immigrants ranging from Mexican day workers to Islamic terrorists from using Arizona as their waystation.
His method is to patrol the dusty, oft-neglected boundaries along the Mexico-US border with other people and his hope is that he won’t have to do it for long. Simcox hopes the National Guard will take up positions along the fence and thereby allow he and his fellow volunteers to stand down. But let us face the facts.
Cochise County, which occupies the southeastern reach of Arizona, is among the most white counties that straddle the border with Mexico. Only Pima and San Diego county could claim to be “whiter”. So even though only 40% of illegal aliens use Arizona as their choice to enter America, it makes sense, does it not? With all of Texas buffered by the Rio Grande, and a large Border Patrol presence in San Diego, does it not surprise anyone that the area where resistance to aliens would be greatest is none other than Cochise County? But now that it is clear why it happens there, just what is the average Joe to think.
Remember when Trent Lott told Bill O’Reilly he wanted troops on the border? Well we tend to think the Factor is not so eager to point out that statement now, but Simcox continues to bang the drum that others like Tom Tancredo of Colorado have. But while it is alleged that Karl Rove has banned Tancredo for his comments from visiting the White House, Simcox’s group is bound to cause lots of problems.
After all, according to the activist, CHD only calls the Border Patrol to apprehend illegals once they cross the border. Just how they would detain these individuals remains a mystery, but should there be injuries and deaths from what some would call vigilantes…the political pressure could be huge. Many poorer Americans are unhappy with the Bush administration’s two-faced attitude on immigration: homeland security is important, but only when not talking about Mexican illegals. While the Defense is not well funded and may not have much shelf life, should it persist in its activities…this might be a dangerous issue, especially with Arizona’s primary among the first in 2004.

posted by Thomas at 12:11 AM 0 comments