Homeland Security And The Immigration Bill

The stories continue to come out about Homeland Security buying ever increasing amounts of ammunition.

I originally posted this on March 25, 2013, as part of another Bakken-related post.

What was not mentioned in the original post below, or at least not given enough emphasis, was how this relates to the immigration bill now winding its way through Congress.

It is very likely that it is a better bill than some are suggesting. Amnesty will not occur overnight; there will be a long path.

However, the "word on the street" from San Antonio and El Paso south into Mexico will be that Mexicans are now guaranteed citizenship in the US. Some have suggested that the border will be literally overrun. That may or may not happen, but the former governor of Arizona knows first hand what that could mean.

I think the dots are starting to connect: when the immigration bill was being fashioned early in the first term, there were brainstorming sessions looking at the risks involved. I am convinced that at least one bullet (no pun intended) on the PowerPoint presentations was exactly that: when the bill is passed the word on the street will result in an open invitation to all those living south of the border to move quickly to take advantage of the new bill. It's very possible, the new bill will even state that to begin the legal path to citizenship will require that one had been in the country in the year in which the bill passed. That would result in a huge influx, literally overnight.

It is not a stretch that the ammunition and armored vehicles being bought by Homeland Security are connected with the immigration bill. It would be interesting to ask Ms Napolitano that question under oath. She would deny it, of course, but at least her answer would be on the record.

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Originally Posted March 25, 2013 

Arizona, Napolitano, Ammo, Assault Vehicles

It's All Starting To Make Sense

On a completely different note, there have been several articles of the Department of Homeland Security buying excessive numbers of rounds of ammunition. It is being reported that DHS is not acknowledging the purchases, and is stonewalling Congress when asked about the purchases. I have posted the news items, noting them, but not really getting any feel for the story: whether there might be a reason or simply the government buying lots of ammunition for no particular reason.

Now, these photos, videos, and story from Infowars.com:

Footage of hundreds of armored trucks, similar to ones reportedly purchased recently by the Department Of Homeland Security has appeared online, raising more questions over their intended use.

The video was uploaded to YouTube last week by a user who stated that it was shot in the middle of the desert between Hackberry and Peach Springs, Arizona.

It shows hundreds of military style trucks loaded on to a train, presumably in the process of being delivered domestically for law enforcement or military purposes.

I think the dots are starting to connect.

• The director of Homeland Security is Janet Napolitano. She was the governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009.

• The US federal bureaucracy moves very, very slowly. The decision to buy large amounts of ammunition and large number of assault vehicles for domestic use would have taken a fair amount of time from considering the issue to executing the plan.

• I don't know if folks remember what the big story in Arizona was between 2003 and 2009 that would relate to the subject at hand.

But here's a hint:

• This article was posted in 2009. I personally don't care for this type of "scare" article. I did not read the entire article, and it is linked here solely for demonstration, to help folks connect the dots.

• In the 2008 time period and into 2009, the US economy experienced a severe recession; the Mexican economy did not implode; and, there was no mass migration of Mexicans across the border. But I do recall the hysteria was pretty rampant, between 2003 and 2009, about the Mexican economy collapsing, and hordes of Mexicans streaming across the border. 

It wasn't until I saw the videos of the assault vehicles for domestic use that the dots started to connect.

The risk seems to have completely gone away; perhaps it has, perhaps it hasn't. But the bureaucracy moves slowly, and once the plan -- to buy weapons, ammunition, and assault vehicles -- was hatched some years ago, it would have taken a few years to execute.

It all fits very nicely. It doesn't bother me one way or the other. I don't think the arming of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is all that big a deal. I truly doubt arming the ICE is for the purpose of preventing armed revolt in the street by American citizens upset about losing their social security or having to pay for ObamaCare. The dots connect, and if arming the ICE is for the purpose suggested, it sounds more than appropriate. The whole plan seems a bit crazy, but I'm sure the government has done a lot crazier things over the years. But, wow, it sure makes sense. 

Janet Napolitano was governor of Arizona in 2003 - 2009, ground zero (time and place) for impending hordes of Mexicans flooding across the border. She probably lost sleep thinking about the very real possibility. If so, that fear never left her. Once in a job where she could do something about it, she acted with laser-like focus.