The Administration of Barack Obama and his Latin American partners - chiefly the MS-13 crime syndicate and the Mexican cartels - appear to have reached agreement on redrawing the international boundary line between the United States and Mexico. Although the parties to the new boundary agreement made no formal announcement, conduct on both sides makes clear that there is consensus on erasing the existing boundary line and starting over. For years MS-13 and the Mexican cartels have disregarded the existing boundary. These organizations have demonstrated the determination, capacity and freedom to send people and contraband northward across the boundary essentially at will, at hours and locations of their own choosing. Such conduct makes clear that these organizations have been open for many years to a renegotiation of the boundary line, but lacked only a willing U.S. partner. They found that partner in President Barack Obama. Since taking office in 2009, President Obama and his Cabinet have also manifested a firm rejection of the current U.S. - Mexico international boundary, which has its origin with the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase a decade later. For instance, the Obama Administration has been silent on the damaging impact within the U.S. of MS-13 and cartel disregard for the existing U.S.-Mexico line. In fact, President Obama and senior Democratic leaders have directly supported MS-13 and cartel policy goals by endorsing programs and plans which diminish the boundarys effectiveness. Another indication of Obama Administration repudiation of the Guadalupe/Gadsden line is the Presidents transfer of border security responsibilities to MS-13 and the cartels. By ceding the initiative on border security policy to them, President Obama leaves no doubt about his indifference to the current boundary line and his readiness to redraw it. Finally, the Obama Administration demonstrates its rejection of the existing U.S.-Mexico boundary line by announcing policy initiatives, grounded in executive orders rather than statute, which favor the enrichment of MS-13 and its cartel partners. By encouraging human trafficking and narcotics trafficking, and by doing nothing to foster Central American development or to deter employment of unlawful entrants in the U.S., the President signals MS-13 and the cartels that their White House partner will not interfere with their earnings in Latin America or in the U.S. Read more: Family Security Matters familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/the-obamams-13-international-boundary-agreement?f=must_reads#ixzz38zvcts7n Under Creative Commons License: Attribution
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:32:17 +0000
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