Holding Border Security Hostage in the Name of Amnesty
Jena McNeill /
One might expect that if the President of the United States had the ability to secure the southern border and stop the flow of illegal immigrants, he would do everything in his power to make it happen. A recent YouTube video of Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) reveals otherwise. In the video, Kyl describes a one-on-one encounter he had with President Barack Obama about the Administration’s plans for the southern border. According to Kyl, President Obama said, “If we secure the border, then you all won’t have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reform.”
If this is true, it seems that the White House strategy is to hold the security of the border hostage until it gets what it wants — amnesty for the 11 million illegal immigrants inside the United States.
The Obama Administration is choosing not to secure the border at the entirely wrong time. Not only has drug cartel violence become increasingly worse — where cartels have launched an all out war on Mexican law enforcement — but there have been spill over effects inside the United States, including the recent death of an Arizona rancher. Smuggling of drugs, cash and people is on the rise — and illegal immigration (while down in numbers) continues to be a problem.