Why is Homeland Security hiring current member of La Raza As Part Of Southwest Border Taskforce?

Question

Durham, N.C. – Andrea Bazán, president of the Triangle Community Foundation and Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), has been named to the Department of Homeland Security’s Southwest Border Taskforce. The taskforce, together with a Homeland Security Advisory Council, will crack down on illegal activities that fuel the drug war in Mexico.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced at the White House last month a major set of Southwest border initiatives designed to support Mexico’s campaign against violent drug cartels by limiting the flow of firearms and cash from the United States to Mexico. These initiatives bring more personnel to the Southwest border and place additional technology at strategic locations.
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Mexico’s campaign against flow of firearms into Mexico so now Mexico has guns from America only ? Does the drug cartel not get shippments of guns from around the world?

Answer 1

Isn't that like putting a child molester in charge of a grammar school!



Most of the guns are from the US! ROFLMAO!

In all, the military has 305,424 confiscated weapons locked in vaults, just a fraction of those used by criminals in Mexico, where an offensive by drug cartels against the military has killed more than 10,750 people since December 2006. But each weapon is a clue to how the cartels are getting arms, and possibly to the traffickers that brought them here.

4000 have been traced to the US! That is NOT a majority! Only 12,000 have even been submitted! That leaves 293,000 that they know came from "other places". Deserters from the Mexican army and police usually take their guns with them! The guns are purchased on the black market! We don't sell machine guns, grenade launchers etc. off the shelf in the US!

Answer 2

Because she's a great leader, and because they know what NCLR's stance is on immigration and border security......and it's now what you think!



http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/7/emw263361.htm

Because Andrea is a highly qualified leader, and the Board and I are delighted with the decision," says Meehan. Im pleased that our nationwide search for a leader led us right back home to the Triangle."



http://www.nclr.org/section/border/

Border Security and Immigration (NCLR)



Unfortunately, NCLR has been called an “open-borders advocate” and the “illegal alien lobby” numerous times. NCLR has repeatedly recognized the right of the United States, as a sovereign nation, to control its borders. Moreover, NCLR has supported numerous specific measures to strengthen border enforcement, provided that such enforcement is conducted fairly, humanely, and in a nondiscriminatory fashion. For example:



•NCLR helped draft and advocated for bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, which included tough enforcement measures against unauthorized migration.

•NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía served on and endorsed the recommendations of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future, an independent, bipartisan, blue ribbon commission chaired by former Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN) and former Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI), which recently released a set of recommendations on immigration reform, including more than a dozen new enforcement measures.

•In a major address in San Diego in 2005, Ms. Murguía stressed that any comprehensive immigration reform needed to include a strong, effective, and humane enforcement component.

•All of NCLR’s policy materials describing its positions and activities on the immigration debate are all available on its website. In particular the website includes an Issue Brief, Immigration Reform: Comprehensive Solutions to Complex Problems, and a set of FAQs related to NCLR’s

Answer 3

(1) It is a mistaken belief that Americans of Latin-American Heritage support illegal immigration. If anything, they dislike being associated with the new arrivals.

(2) Come on people - America, when used colloquially in American English (or do you prefer United States-an English), refers specifically to the United States. The fact that, technically, it refers to the Continent from Alaska to Tierra de Fuego has nothing to do with how people understand a statement using this word in every day vernacular.

(3) Yes, virtually all weapons that Mexican cartels use are from the United States. Why go through the trouble of trying to get them from anywhere else?

Answer 4

Most of the guns/weapons in Mexico are imported from the United States, if nothing else due to proximity and the easy availability of it.



That said, Mexico is IN America, did you think it was/is in Europe?

Answer 5

Why do people keep saying America, its NORTH AMERICA! "AMERICA" includes North America, Central America and South America. Hello!!! Please specify when you talk about the United States. Common guys I know you at least graduated from High School.

Answer 6

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Answer 7

Because she's qualified for that position!

Answer 8

because she's a great pick!