Many Illegals Belong to Spy, Terror Organizations or Drug Cartels
Saturday, November 8, 2008
By Michael Cutler
A line of people accused of working for a gang that smuggled Colombian cocaine through Mexico, displayed to the news media in Mexico City last month.
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The
news report that appeared
in the Sunday, November 2nd edition of the New York Times makes
several points that are worth paying attention to.
First of all, the current president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon should
be commended for his courage efforts to take on the extremely violent
drug cartels and weed out the corruption to be found not only in his
government, but throughout Mexico's general populace.
The article makes the point that:
"Among the greatest challenges in Mexico’s drug war is the
fact that the traffickers fit no type. Their ranks include men and women,
the young and the old."
This quote from the article parallels something that I have said on
numerous occasions about the fact that it is impossible to simply look
at a person and know if that person is a criminal, a terrorist or a
law abiding person.
President George W. Bush often stated that he favored a Guest Worker
Amnesty program for millions of illegal aliens who were present in our
country in violation of law. The two primary candidates who are competing
to succeed President Bush as the next President of the United States
have also echoed that sentiment, and even upping the stakes, advocating
a "pathway to United States citizenship" for the millions
of illegal aliens currently living in the United States.
Back when President Bush was advocating his Guest Worker Amnesty Program
on every possible occasion, he stated that it made sense to permit those
illegal aliens who were simply coming to work to do so, thereby enabling
law enforcement to deal with the criminals and terrorists.
That statement belied a level of naivete that is hard to imagine, especially
when espoused by the President of the United States! As the article
pointed out, many of those arrested for their involvement in drug trafficking
carried out all sorts of jobs in the furtherance of the pernicious goals
of the drug cartels including accountants who worked to conceal source
and the movement of the huge proceeds from the drug trade and others
who carried out other tasks in support of the trafficking activities.
The same situation also exists where terrorist organizations are concerned.
As I have pointed out in various venues, including during those occasions
when I have been called to testify before Congressional hearings, not
all terrorists are hijackers or strap on bomb-laden vests. Many members
of terrorist organizations play important supporting roles. They provide
"safe houses." they engage in fund raising activities that
may include committing crimes such as drug trafficking, mail fraud,
insurance fraud including arson that often results in the death of innocent
people and other crimes.
Someone once said that a spy is someone who would not attract the attention
of a waiter or waitress in a "greasy spoon diner."
In point of fact, it may well be that waiter or waitress who is the
spy, or terrorists, or member of a criminal organization.
Today few politicians and all but a precious few journalists are willing
to even raise the issue of immigration, it is vital that our nation
secure its borders and create an immigration system that possesses meaningful
integrity.
There can be no effective "War on terror" or wars on drugs,
gangs or crime without taking the immigration component of such efforts
into account. How safe and secure and our nation be when there are an
estimated 20 million illegal aliens living in our country?
Those who advocate providing millions of such illegal aliens with any
sort of amnesty need to understand a basic fact:
The corrupt bureaucrats of the Mexican government would, no doubt, be
more than willing to provide individuals who were citizens of Mexico
and, perhaps, citizens of even other countries, with "Certificates
of Good Conduct" for those who had enough money, that would enable
criminals and terrorists to seek to enter the United States and then
apply for documentation to establish false identities by bribing Mexican
government officials.
As the drug cartels extend their reach into our country, it would also
be in the best interests of the cartels to have their confederates enter
the United States to carry out various missions in support of their
drug trafficking efforts.
The drug cartels as well as terrorist organizations, are constantly
evolving, displaying real ingenuity in concealing the identities of
their operatives and in manipulating government bureaucracies in Mexico
and other countries as well as in the United States.
The huge sums of cash and the threat of extreme violence; an estimated
4,000 people have been reportedly killed by the cartels in Mexico since
President Calderon was elected, have contributed to the increase in
corruption of a nation that has accepted corruption as a way of life.
The potential exists that this corruption and violence may make its
way across the Rio Grande and do irreparable damage to the United States.
Interestingly, the news report ends with a statement from Felipe Calderon"
“We need a stronger society, a society that lives the principle
of legality with conviction, that encourages, promotes, spreads and
educates its children with values,” Mr. Calderón said.
In other words, there has to be a line people will not cross, even for
a suitcase full of cash.
Certainly no one could take issue with the goals that he sets forth.
They must also apply to our nation. As I have often stated, you only
get one opportunity for a first impression. For millions of people around
the world, the first impression that they get about the United States
comes when they seek to enter our country and encounter our nation's
borders and interact with those government employees whose mission is
to enforce and administer our nation's immigration laws.
Providing
amnesty and "Pathways to citizenship" advocated by all too
many of the politicians of the United States, for millions of illegal
aliens present in our country, flies in the face of the concept of legality
called for by Calderon. Ironically, the Mexican government, especially
under the leadership of Calderon's predecessor, Vicente Fox had openly
advocated that citizens of Mexico show utter contempt for the borders
and the laws of the United States.
The
safety of our nation begins at its borders. It is therefore essential
that our borders be secured and that our immigration bureaucracy honor
those who abide by the laws and seeks to weed out those who would commit
fraud.
This is neither a Conservative issue, nor is it a Liberal issue- simply
stated, this is most certainly an AMERICAN issue!
Michael W. Cutler graduated from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in
1971 with a B.A. in Communications Arts and Sciences. Mr. Cutler began
working for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in October
1971 when he entered on duty as an Immigration Inspector assigned to John
F. Kennedy International Airport. In August 1975 he became a Criminal
Investigator (Special Agent) for the INS at NYC.
He rotated through virtually every squad in the Investigations Branch. From 1988 until 1991
he was assigned as the INS representative to the Unified Intelligence
Division (UID) of the DEA in New York. In 1991 he was promoted to the
position of Senior Special Agent and was assigned to the Organized Crime,
Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) which required that he work with
members of other law enforcement agencies including the FBI, DEA, ATF,
U.S. Customs and local and state police as well as law enforcement organizations
of other countries including Israel, Canada, Great Britain and Japan,
to conduct investigations of aliens involved in major drug trafficking
organizations. He retired from the INS in February 2002, after a career
that spanned some 30 years.
Finally, Michael Cutler has appeared on numerous television and radio programs including
Lou Dobbs, Fox News, MSNBC and many other television and radio news-oriented
programs to discuss the enforcement of immigration laws.
E-Mail: mcutler007@aol.com
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