Trashing our Border...

Several environmental groups have recently opposed the icreased usage of helicopters and other motorized vehicles in patroling the United States' southern border. The reason they are protesting this increased vigilance at the border has nothing to do with the people living near or crossing over the boder - it has to do with the animals who might be disturbed and annoyed by the impact of noise, vibrations, and pollution produced by vehicles operating in their natural habitat.

At first glance, one might think their arguments deserve some consideration. When one considers, however, the massive amounts of land being patroled by the U.S. Border Patrol and the increasing number of illegal aliens infiltrating our country each day, one would also have to think that the risk of waking up some sleeping animals is secondary to our national security.

Also of interest when you consider the environmental groups who are aggressively opposing these efforts to protect our country's border is the fact that these same groups do not appear overly concerned with the tons of clothing, plastic, dirty diapers, glass, and other garbage strewn among these natural habitats by illegal immigrants entering our country each day.

When I say tons of garbage, I don't speak figuratively, but literally...and I understate the severity of the problem by not pointing out the hundreds and thousands of tons of garbage being deposited in our nation's wilderness and nature reserves by those who choose to invade our country. (Dropping your garbage as you cross the border to break our laws isn't the best way to make a good first impression!)

I've talked before about the economic, cultural, and political effects of illegal immigration, but this is another example of the negative consequences of illegal immigration. The next time you think about giving of your time or resources to help protect some of our world's natural environments, first think about the hundreds of miles along the southern U.S. border that are being desecrated each day with tons of garbage as an illegal alien's first act on U.S. soil.