Freedom’s Entrance Fee
From the LA Times:
A multimillion-dollar human smuggling enterprise is bringing thousands of Cubans to the U.S. on high-powered speedboats at a price of up to $10,000 a head, and the flourishing business has increased the number of Cubans illegally entering the U.S. by double-digit percentages in each of the last three years.
I guess they haven’t heard about our inferior health care system. Also interesting:
“We don’t know at 3 a.m. when we see a ‘go-fast’ boat running without lights if that’s migrants seeking a better life or terrorists coming here to blow up a nuclear power plant,” said Zachary Mann, senior special agent and spokesman for Customs and Border Protection.
The problem with our current immigration policy is it actually makes our borders less safe. It allows terrorists and other bad guys to piggyback in on a network established to help people who simply want to move to the US. The more open the borders are to legitimate immigrants, the fewer options available to terrorists for sneaking in under the radar.
on September 17th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Great post. Those who think security will keep out terrorists should listen up.
I personally think that if the “terrorists” want to get in, they’ll get in. I’ve read more stories about airport screeners missing (fake) bombs because they were too busy taking away people’s water bottles than I can count.
Also, here’s a good link for those of you who didn’t understand the health care comment: http://www.theagitator.com/archives/028049.php#028049
on September 17th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
I think Wayne has a man crush on Radley Balko. Not that that’s bad or anything…
on September 17th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
I do, I truly do.