The President, Janet Napolitano and the whole of Congress do nothing about America's border security while on November 12, 2009, the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties (of California) joined Mexico's National Commission of Human Rights with another assault on U.S. sovereignty. They have filed a petition to the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, calling for an investigation of the "humanitarian crisis." Read the press release.

The number of deaths of illegal aliens crossing the southern border of the United States is estimated to be over 5,000 in the past 15 years, or approximately one a day. This is indeed tragic. The estimate is in a 76 page white paper (report) filed with the petition. But it is overshadowed by the estimated twelve Americans murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal aliens. That's 21,900 since Sept. 11, 2001.

Simply put, the ACLU and its Mexico partner are blaming the injuries and deaths of illegals on the U.S. Government's Operation Gatekeeper. They are saying that Illegals are dying in the rough environment of the desert southwest not because they choose to enter this country illegally, through the back door, but because we intentionally force these law breakers into hostile wilderness environments by concentrating border patrols and fencing along more populated areas of the border —- that our policies are deadly.

They are demanding that U.S., Mexican and international officials must recognize the deaths of migrants occurring during unauthorized crossings of the U.S.-Mexican border as an international humanitarian crisis and should address the ongoing violations of the right to life and identify protective measures, according to a letter sent to a commission of the Organization of American States (OAS).  

The letter calls on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to request the permission of the U.S. and Mexican governments to make an onsite visit to the region, conduct an investigation on the crisis, issue a report for the General Assembly of the OAS, and identify measures that both countries should adopt to bring them in compliance with their international human rights obligations.

The ACLU and CNDH say they documented the humanitarian crisis in the 76-page white paper, Humanitarian Crisis: Migrant Deaths at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Taking the one-world approach, the report states, "The deaths of migrants are a direct product of border security enforcement that has been designed and implemented at the federal level." Again, PLAIN AND SIMPLE, we do not have the right to protect our borders and therefore, protect our citizens.
 
In fact, this report is an attempt to change our immigration policies by referring to recommendations made in 2002 by a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to reduce deaths at the border.  (Remember, that we are talking about illegal immigrants and not migrants or legals.)

1. Demilitarizing the border;
2. Establishing a guest-worker program;
3. Increasing the number of permanent resident visas available to Mexicans;
4. Legalizing undocumented immigrants already in the United States;
5. Modifying immigration laws that deport immigrants for minor criminal offenses;
6. Encouraging cooperation with Mexico;
7. Protecting the rights of asylum seekers; and
8. Recognizing U.S. citizenship of the Tohono O’odham.*     

*This is interesting as the Tohono O'odham tribe is considered a sovereign nation and its members inhabit a large area extending South to Sonora, Mexico, north to Central Arizona (just north of Phoenix, Arizona), west to the Gulf of California, and east to the San Pedro River.

What the report does not state:

• It does not refer to illegals as such. Instead the report calls them "migrants."  
• The report does not call attention to criminal activities associated with these illegals including every possible offender type from drug smugglers, coyotes (people smugglers), to terrorists.  
• It does not site the outrageous number of crimes committed against U.S. citizens by illegal aliens including murder.
• There is no mention of destruction of private property, theft, and the endangerment of residents on ranches and in communities near the border within the U.S.
• It does not suggest that Mexico educate its population about the dangers of crossing the border illegally.
• Nor does it demand that Mexico campaign to help prevent illegal crossings.

This is a blatant attack on our right to protect our borders and our citizens, and even refers to our border enforcement as "a scheme" with the beneficiary being Homeland Security and its budget increases. It suggests that we use the threat of terrorism as an excuse.

Page 18 includes the testimony of Martin Gonzales about the death of a 30-year-old illegal during a crossing. Yet there is no mention of American tragedies —  countless stories of senseless murder by illegals from Mexico and South America like the drive-by shooting deaths of Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, in San Francisco by a 22-year-old illegal, Edwin Ramos;  or the crimes against rancher, Roger Barnett, who had his house broken into, trucks stolen, cattle killed and property damaged by illegal immigrants crossing the border via his 22,000-acre Arizona ranch. In 1998, he decided enough was enough. He began rounding them up at gunpoint and turning them over to the U.S. Border Patrol. Barnett claims to have captured around 12,000 illegal immigrants attempting to cross his property - a spot along the border that authorities have since deemed "an avenue of choice" - into the United States. Illegals sued the rancher for violating their rights and as outrageous as it seems, Barnett was ordered to pay $77,804 in damages, $60,000 of which were punitive.

Don't you find it interesting that the report also refers to the controversial 800 mile wall as being a problem, which of course, indicates that it is more of a solution?