On the radio this weekend- on Saturday, August 23rd at 9:00 AM, Eastern Time and Sunday, August 24th at 12 Noon, Eastern Time

Then, tomorrow, Sunday, August 24th, at 12:00 Noon, Eastern Time, I will be a guest on “The Elise Richmond Show” that is broadcast from Palm Springs, California on KNEWS radio 94.3FM.  Here is the link to Elise’s show:

The immigration crisis has emerged as a leading news story since the reports of tens of thousands of illegal aliens, primarily from Central America have been swarming across the southwest border of the United States and overwhelming already beleaguered Border Patrol agents.  The ripples of this massive influx have rippled across the United States and impacted towns and cities around the United States and have also stretched the very limited resources of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and other agencies to the breaking point.

Please pass this e-mail along to as many folks as possible and ask them to do the same- I am attempting to create a “Bucket Brigade of Truth!”

The first paragraph of the preface of the The 9/11 Commission Staff Report on Terrorist Travel  begins with the following statement:

It is perhaps obvious to state that terrorists cannot plan and carry out attacks in the United

States if they are unable to enter the country. Yet prior to September 11, while there were

efforts to enhance border security, no agency of the U.S. government thought of border

security as a tool in the counterterrorism arsenal. Indeed, even after 19 hijackers

demonstrated the relative ease of obtaining a U.S. visa and gaining admission into the

United States, border security still is not considered a cornerstone of national security

policy. We believe, for reasons we discuss in the following pages, that it must be made

one.

The 9/11 Commission Staff Report on Terrorist travel went on to detail numerous examples of instances where terrorists not only made use of visa and immigration benefit fraud to enter the United States but to also embed themselves in the United States. Page 47 of this report noted:

Once terrorists had entered the United States, their next challenge was to find a way to remain here. Their primary method was immigration fraud. For example, Yousef and Ajaj concocted bogus political asylum stories when they arrived in the United States. Mahmoud Abouhalima, involved in both the World Trade Center and landmarks plots, received temporary residence under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers (SAW) program, after falsely claiming that he picked beans in Florida.

This paragraph is found on page 98 under the title “Immigration Benefits:”

“Terrorists in the 1990s, as well as the September 11 hijackers, needed to find a way to stay in or embed themselves in the United States if their operational plans were to come to fruition. As already discussed, this could be accomplished legally by marrying an American citizen, achieving temporary worker status, or applying for asylum after entering. In many cases, the act of filing for an immigration benefit sufficed to permit the alien to remain in the country until the petition was adjudicated. Terrorists were free to conduct surveillance, coordinate operations, obtain and receive funding, go to school and learn English, make contacts in the United States, acquire necessary materials, and execute an attack.”

Immigration Meltdown: The Far-Ranging Consequences for America

On May 22, 2014 CAPS (Californians for Population Stabilization) posted my commentary:

Border Security Is Not An Option

The importance of our borders and our immigration laws cannot be overemphasized.  In the war on terror and transnational gangs, they are our first line of defense and our last line of defense. They are equally important to American workers who are facing unfair competition from foreign workers, aided and abetted by the administration and advocates for “Sanctuary Cities” and Comprehensive Immigration Reform,