Hi-tech Invasion USA

It keeps getting worse: United States immigration and State Department officials fear that their newly developed, high-tech visas are being sold on the Mexican black market. The US government hoped the newly designed visas would help in curtailing rampant illegal immigration at the Mexican border, but investigators believe many of them are being bought or rented by Mexicans seeking illegal entry into the U.S. (Full story...) One must ask why a nation as crappy as Mexico has not had a revolution since 1920. Did I call Mexico "crappy?" Why yes, I did, and millions of Mexicans agree with me by risking life and limb crossing our border illegally to get a toe hold on a better life. Can't say I blame them. The ATM card-sized documents, which include the legal holder's photograph and scanned fingerprints, were actually developed for use in 1998 hopefully to increase security and standardize documents used by Mexicans to cross the border since so many different types of documentation made the screening process cumbersome and confusing.

About 10% of Mexicans have fled the cesspool called Mexico because they'd rather live in the barrios of L.A. or other places more hospitable to human beings than Mexico is. The deeply entrenched corruption of Mexico's public officials, from police officers to judges to federal officials has made Mexico a basket case. There is armed conflict in parts of Mexico that make Janet Reno's slaughter at Waco, Texas look like a school yard fist fight. Mexicans call these visa cards "Micas," which allow bearers to cross into the US without other supporting documents. The card also allows them to travel up to 25 miles inside California or Texas and they may remain in the US up to 30 days.

Here we are, six years after 9/11, and the borders are still porous. The Republicans and Democrats are equally to blame. Paritisanship and games playing have stood in the way of establishing real security. Not from the nice guy from Oaxaca who just wants to mow your lawn, but from the bastard terrorists who find it easy as hell to cross the border.