Bush to Send 6,000 National Guardsmen to Southern U.S. Border

[CalHunter]

About time he does something to protect our borders.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195590,00.html

[North Texan]

I hope this isn't one of those famous government "band-aid on a water main" fixes.[]

[Tazman]

You know if one worries about terrorist I would be more concerned with the Canadian border then the Mexican border. If I was a terrorist and was thinking about sneaking into the US, I would come across the Canadian border simply because of what I would be reading in the press.

[Canuck_Buck]

Tazman, you got that right...unless that terrorist was a mexican...

I think you might like to read from this web site; this is what is in place and what we are being told.

http://www.dfait.gc.ca/anti-terrorism/menu-en.asp

there's also this site too...

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/menu-e.html

not a whole lot of "what to do if's" or " what to look for's "on there.....

[kevin1]

ORIGINAL: Tazman

You know if one worries about terrorist I would be more concerned with the Canadian border then the Mexican border. If I was a terrorist and was thinking about sneaking into the US, I would come across the Canadian border simply because of what I would be reading in the press.

Illegal migrants are the larger concern , in the long run they'll do the most damage to our way of life . We can build new buildings and develop vaccines against bioweapons , but if we allow another culture to subjugate us from within simply because we want cheaper goods we deserve to go down .

[Canuck_Buck]

ORIGINAL: kevin1

if we allow another culture to subjugate us from within simply because we want cheaper goods we deserve to go down .

good point for any country really...

[Canuck_Buck]

http://www.cjad.com/news/56/world-news/353802/us-officials-remain-open-to-national-guard-troops-at-canadian-border

WASHINGTON (CP) - American officials said Monday they're open to sending National Guard troops to bolster security at the Canadian border as President George W. Bush ordered thousands to fortify the south amid a national furor over illegal immigration.
"The focus of the entire initiative has been the southwest border, but we remain open if there are governors interested along the northern border," said a senior administration official. "There's no, by necessity, limitation. And we remain open and working with those governors."
Bush, in a rare Oval Office speech, didn't mention any new security measures related to Canada. And he didn't talk about co-operation on the northern border as several U.S. sources had expected. Instead he confined all of his comments to the southern line that has become increasingly violent and an issue that has sparked widespread protests across the country.
Several sources said they expected no changes in the Canada-U.S. security relationship, set out by the so-called smart border accord. The deal was signed shortly after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, to co-ordinate safety measures while facilitating trade.
But a top U.S. official, in a briefing on the president's address, made it clear Canada's border may not be immune to a major election-year push on security as northern politicians face mid-term challenges this fall.
State governors have control over their National Guard units and may request federal help to pay for deploying them at the northern border, officials told the briefing

[Allegheny]

The troops being sent to the border will not be guarding the border, they will be in a support role. Why do you think it will be a two week rotation, the Guard's equipment is currently deployed and they have nothing left to work or train with. It appears this will be the annual two week training required by the Guard. If they had beefed up the border patrol when they were told to, we would have more people on the border now. We obviously do not have the political will to protect our own borders, if we protected our borders like we protect South Korea's, I doubt we would have millions of illegals coming across the border.