› US Border Policy Needs Real Action, Not Debate

By Dave Funk, Candidate, Iowa’s 3^rd Congressional District.

PoliceOne.com reported today on some newly developed GPS technology, created with tax dollars, to help migrants illegally enter the United States.  At the University of California, San Diego, activists have used grant money from the PUBLIC University to develop and distribute GPS software for illegal immigrants that is easily installed on cheap cell phones.  The software helps illegal aliens locate water bins in the desert.  Of course, activists like these developers also distribute these water bins.

First, all Federal funding should be cut from any institutions or government agencies that assist or provide safe haven for illegal aliens.  While these activists are breaking the law on the government’s dime, the Border Patrol is spending more money to curtail illegal immigration.  Counter-intuitive?  I would say so, among other things.  It is outrageous that they are able to publicly do this and say “so what” to the US taxpayer.  This is a prime example of how a lack of enforcement of US immigration laws gives activists the audacity to wave it in our faces.

Second, we should actively prosecute as felonies those who are assisting or offering safe haven to illegal immigrants.  We have a border problem.  If these activists are so willing to waste taxpayer dollars then let them do it in jail.

Third, let’s get that fence up.  Some call it racist, most call it common sense.  Our Border Patrol is highly trained and they are very good at what they do.  When we are not providing them with the tools necessary to accomplish what they set out to do then we have failed them.  Border Patrol Agents risk their lives everyday just as any other law enforcement officer and just because the border is several hundred miles away from us here in Iowa does NOT mean it shouldn’t matter to us or impact us in some way.

Our borders are a clear flaw in our National Defense policy and we are making a mockery of US law by not strictly enforcing these laws.  What these activists are doing is not civil disobedience it’s ILLEGAL.  What kind of skewed mindset do individuals have when they feel explicitly breaking the law is acceptable?  They are so skewed that 33 year-old lecturer, Brett Stalbaum, actually likens himself to a Chief Technology Officer.  For what?  An ideological movement against US law and border policy?

It is vital that we finally realize we are not safe anymore and taking preventative measures are vital to keeping ourselves safe in the US.  Following my three recommendations above do that without infringing on our liberties and freedoms given to us as US Citizens.  These ideas have come up in the past and need to return to the forefront of US Border Policy.  Not in debate, but in real action!

One activist said, “It’s about giving water to somebody who’s dying in the desert of dehydration.”  NO.  It is about a blatant disregard for the law and encouraging even more people to illegally enter the US.