President of New Mexico Minutemen and Patriots' Border Alliance Addresses Eagle Forum

"The open borders and illegal alien problem is due to corruption and betrayal. One government has betrayed its people to a point they must flee their nation to seek economic opportunity. The other nation's government is so corrupt that it has turned its back on its owns laws, its own saftety, its own security and its own sovereignty in order to exploit the victims of the first government." These were just some of the points made by Bob Wright in his address to an unusually large crowd at Eagle Forum's monthly meeting.

New Mexico Minutemen who know Bob Wright had promised a thought-provoking address and attendees were not disappointed. Some in the audience were obviously shocked by some of the information such as "there have been about 50,000 Americans killed by illegal aliens since 9/11/01 while there have been approximately 4,000 American soldiers killed in two wars in Iraq and Afgahastan in the same time period."

Others in attendance had their perspectives changed on what the border problems are about. It is fair to say no one left the meeting untouched.

Bob Wright drew moans of disgust as he described some of the tragedies that Minutemen have encountered such as rape trees. If you are not aware, you can find descriptions on the internet. He told how Minutemen give water, blankets and yes, even cigarettes to illegals awaiting Border Patrol. Bob said the National Guard currently at the southern border has no more authority than the Minutemen who call Border Patrol to report locations and numbers of illegal aliens.

In response to a question, Mr. Wright explained the slow down of border crossing currently being experienced in the New Mexico sector is due to fighting between three Mexican drug cartels. 2,500 Federales have been sent to Tijuana and another 25,000 are on their way to try to stem the war between the cartels.

Bob predicted it will get much worse before it gets better for our Southern neighbors and reminded listeners that it is in America's interest to have a good neighbor - one who doesn't engage in ethnic and economic purging.