Obama in Denial While Mexican Drug Cartels Terrorize His Hometown

President Obama has joked that Texas needs a moat and alligators to secure its border with Mexico. While the President makes light of our porous and dangerous border, however, gangs directly affiliated with Mexican drug cartels are infiltrating the streets of his hometown of Chicago.

In a recent CBS News report, a federal agent says the daily turf wars between Chicago gangs are turning parts of the city into a Mexican border town.

"We know that the majority of the drugs here in Chicago, cartels are responsible for,” said Jack Riley, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Office in Chicago.

You also may have seen the national headlines reporting shooting deaths in Chicago are up 30 percent from last year.

These alarming statistics reinforce the increasing calls from law enforcement across the nation that it is time for the federal government to get serious about securing the U.S./Mexico border, stopping the flow of drugs, and defeating the drug cartels who are obviously taking root in American cities.

Perhaps this recent news will finally hit home for the president and serve as a wake-up call to Washington. Only time and action will tell.

To watch the full CBS News report, visit ProtectYourTexasBorder.com. There you can also view video testimonies about the real border war taking place right on Texas farms and ranches and along the rural stretches of the U.S./Mexico border. 

Terrorism Conference, ‘Texas Traffic’ Tell True Tales of Border Violence

The call for increased border protection continued in San Angelo this week where I spoke at an international narco-terrorism conference and using a PowerPoint presentation entitled “Texas in the Crosshairs,” I offered conference attendees overwhelming statistical data proving our border is not secure. The presentation also  launched a new 16-part video series titled “Texas Traffic – True Stories of Drug and Human Smuggling.”

The conference was proof positive that Washington’s out-of-sight, out-of-mind attitude toward spillover Mexican drug cartel violence is not only out of touch with reality, but also out of line with the protections afforded by our Constitution. Ask many of the law enforcement agents attending the conference if our border is safer than ever, as President Obama and his staff have claimed, and the resounding answer is an emphatic, “No.”

If those in attendance haven’t already dodged a bullet or lived in fear of trespassers and violent invaders, they probably know someone who has. As long as our border remains porous, drug trafficking, human smuggling, murder and kidnapping will continue to be part of the rural Texas landscape. These criminal actions also will harm our food supply as they force farmers and ranchers to sell their property and abandon their operations in order to keep their families out of harm’s way.

The united call for increased federal assistance was loud and clear today in San Angelo. It’s a call that goes out daily from rural Texans who live and work in the face of danger. To hear their voices and testimony, tune into “Texas Traffic – True Stories of Drug and Human Smuggling.” The series is available at www.ProtectYourTexasBorder.com. You can also find a copy of my presentation to the conference on this site.

Mexican Agriculture and American Consumers Impacted by Cartels?

A recent story in the McAllen Monitor raises the question of whether or not produce imports from Mexico are being impacted by drug cartels or simple economic and natural conditions. On one hand, economists may argue that rising prices can be blamed on added precautions needed to avoid drug cartels. On the other hand, those prices may be chalked up to the unavoidable costs of doing business.

In this case, it looks like both hands are full, as in, full of trouble. But one hand is full of trouble that can be avoided.

According to the story, some sources suggest the cartels are "charging" produce shippers for safe passage of their trucks, and sometimes even hijacking their supplies. They also say the necessary re-routing and safety measures they’ve had to implement to secure their produce supplies are impacting their businesses. Couple these problems with the normal challenges farmers face, such as extreme weather conditions and high energy prices, and you’re left with consumers picking up a hefty tab.

Food producers and consumers alike have long been accustomed to the normal effects on food prices such as weather patterns and economic conditions. But no one should be forced to accept higher food prices at the hand of drug cartel violence – especially when it could be avoided if our federal government would acknowledge and address the situation.

As you can read at www.ProtectYourTexasBorder.com, the drug cartel danger is very real and being felt right here in Texas. Regardless of which hand you look at, the negative impact of violent drug cartels has Texas and American agriculture producers and consumers paying higher prices.

Plans to Reduce Border Resources Increase Threat to Security

This March 15, 2011 article in the Houston Chronicle reflects bi-partisan outrage at announced administration plans to reduce troop strength on the U.S.-Mexico border. It also confirms bi-partisan recognition that we have a security problem on our southern border.

With bi-partisan support, why no action? We don't need finger pointing when the safety of our citizens is at stake. Just give us more personnel to protect our people and property. You don't just have to take my word for the reality of this danger. Visit ProtectYourTexasBorder.com and you can see and hear first hand accounts of the violence, threats and physical harm Americans are facing from the drug cartel violence spilling on to Texas soil.