Obama & Mexico Tag Team Arizona

Media outlets report that the Arizona law is straining the recently friendly relationship between Mexican President Filipe Calderon and Obama. This is pretty unlikely. Mexico is receiving an incredible $1.6 billion in cash and prizes from the US under the Merida Initiative which funds the training and equipping of the Mexican military and police forces.

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However, since an estimated 90% of all police and military personnel in the US/Mexico border region (and over 60% in the rest of Mexico) failed basic security and background checks, the US is directly funding the crime and non-existent border security that is devastating Arizona and other border states.

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Mexican journalist Carlos Loret has reported that over 50% of the Mexican economy is funded by drug money. An estimated $40 billion flows annually from the US into Mexico via drug sales and crime proceeds. Illegal immigrants also send an additional estimated $17 billion annually back to Mexico from revenue generated by illegal employment.

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This certainly doesn’t make halting the drug trafficking and related crime an attractive prospect for Calderon. As long as the crime, drug, and illegal immigration situation persists and affects the US, Congress will continue to send millions of dollars.

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What does all this mean to Arizona and other border states? Mexico exists on the drug trade, American economy, and Congressional handouts. It is in their best interest to maintain the status quo and keep illegals flowing into the US and cash flowing out. The Obama administration wants not only to continue the flow of illegals into the country, but to give them they ability to vote. His position on Mexico is clear, he dreams of a borderless North America, complete with millions of new Democrat voters eager to be supported by a socialist government.

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There are a lot of people who support strong anti-immigration measures, but feel that the federal government should both make and enforce the laws. In an ideal world, that would be the case. But clearly, it is currently impossible to depend on the federal government to do its job, and states are forced to protect themselves from economic ruin and protect their citizens from catastrophic levels of crime.

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I certainly appreciate that allowing a neighboring country to disintegrate into corruption and chaos is dangerous for our own safety. But when you live in a neighborhood that is turning bad, you shore up your own house, build fences and security systems, and make certain that your own family is safe. THEN you work to tackle the problem. You don’t swing the doors open and invite the criminal element into your home and hope that they will change their ways.

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Arizona has done the only thing that they could. They waited for the federal government to do its job (begged the federal government to do its job) and when failed, they stepped up to protect themselves. Other states should….and I believe will….follow Arizona’s lead.