Looking on the web I discovered some interesting information when I searched under the topic "attorney firings and Mexican immigration". Some of what I found were statements that President Bush and current Attorney General Gonzales were that:

1. President Bush supports the decision to imprison the border agents for violating the civil rights of this illegal ( even though he was involved in drug smuggling).

2. President Bush and Gonzales both support Sutton and want him kept as part of the team.

3. The attoneys who were fired were not gun-ho supporters of Bush's new ideas on Mexican immigration and may have been in the way of getting of support for these new policy ideas.

4. One thing I found out was that the Patriot Act gives the Attorney General the right to appoint attorneys without Congressional Approval. Is this correct?

These are serious issues that need to be addressed if any of these statements are true. Iraq and Afghanistan have been addressed as issues important to our nation's security but not much has been said about secuity along the Mexican border. President Bush may want to develop strong relationships with Mexico but immigration is not the way to go about doing it. America cannot keep allowing more and more illegals to cross our border without addressing security issues that these illegals might pose. The administration cannot promise the American people that all of these illegals are honest, decent, hardworking people who are here to do the jobs that Americans don't want to do. Personally I cannot see that the 12 million illegals are here to pick lettuce and other vegatables and not take jobs that hard working Americans want.

These new policies that the Bush Administration is pushing probably mean that the imprisoned border agents will stay in prison until a new President is elected. Politicians push political agendas without regard to wishes of what the American people want. One issue of concern is the latino vote which can have an impact with states with large numbers of electorial votes. Everybody will have an opinion on this issue. Some will support the illegals and others will not.

Maintaining good relations with Mexico is one of the Bush administration's top priorities but sacrificing the rights of American citizens to accomplish these goals does not bode well for the future of our nation and may deliver us into the hands of the Democrats for the next four to eight years. The damage done by putting Mexican immigrants first may wound us so bad that the wounds created may never fully heal.

Time reveals the truth and all lies will eventually come to light. It is easy to divert attention from our southern border by focusing on the Middle East but in time this too will need to be addressed as we watch our culture and heritage become influenced by the Mexican culture. The President must remember that his duty is to the American people. What the President of Mexico wants is irrelevant for just as our flag is never dipped before a foreign leader at the Olympics so America will never bow to the wishes of another country even if that country is a friend.