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It is worthwhile to compare and contrast what the Obama administration and the Mexican government are doing to try and stop the drug culture violence that plagues the U.S. – Mexican border.

Senate Democrats think the $600 million hurry up border security bill they just passed will justify pursuing amnesty for illegals. “It will clear the path for restarting bipartisan discussions,” Mr. Schumer said.

CNSNews.com EXCLUSIVE – In the three fiscal years from 2007-2009, the Department of Homeland Security caught and released 481 illegal aliens from nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism and “countries of interest,” and those 481 aliens are now fugitives, according to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement database obtained by CNSNews.com as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request.

Two key sheriffs along the Arizona-Mexico border on Tuesday called a planned visit by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton a “political stunt” and described as “pathetic” Obama administration attempts to “cover up its inaction in protecting our borders.” – Washington Times

After suing Arizona to assert federal supremacy over states on immigration, it turns out that ICE, Washington’s immigration cop on the beat, isn’t enforcing the law at all. This is amnesty by another name. – IBDeditorials

Obama at La Raza conference in Miami said “I’ll be a president who remembers our separate struggles are really one” and ‘I will not walk away from the 12 million undocumented immigrants who live work and contribute to our country every single day.’

Funding leftist groups, getting the Union of South American Nations to condemn Arizona and investing in amnesty for illegals shows Chavez’s Venezuelan model is being pushed here.

Arizona’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Horne, says the basic theme of the Mexican-American studies program is that Latino students “were and continue to be victims of a racist American society driven by the interests of middle- and upper-class whites.” Among the goals listed for the Mexican-American Studies are “social justice” and “Latino Critical Race Pedagogy.” Pictures of the classroom showed the walls decorated with “heroes,” such as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.

Texas Governor Rick Perry gave a four page letter to Obama asking for border help on the 1,200 miles of the Texas – Mexico border. Don’t hold your breath Governor.

Its all about politics. Its not about securing the border. Federal officials routinely assure the public that they are gaining control over the Arizona border. Despite these assurances, “Gaming the Border: a Report from Cochise County, Arizona,” shows why the border there remains porous, as illegal immigrants avoid the Border Patrol and walk around checkpoints on highways north of the border.