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To cite one example, the commission recognized the importance of securing borders, particularly the long and easily penetrated Canadian border. The Bush administration responded by reducing growth of the number of agents patrolling borders, and shifting them to the Mexican border, which was not a concern for the 9/11 commission, but is important to prevent a flood of immigrants fleeing the predicted effects of neoliberal reforms. Like borders generally, the Mexican border is artificial, the result of conquest. Historically it had been quite open, with people moving fairly freely in both directions, sometimes just to visit friends and relatives. That all changed in 1994, when Clinton instituted Operation Gatekeeper, militarizing the border. As he explained, we will not surrender our borders to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice. He had nothing to say about the compassion and justice that created the conditions impelling those ingrates to exploit our benevolence, and neither he nor others explained how the enthusiasts for neoliberal globalization deal with the observation of Adam Smith that free circulation of labor is a foundation stone of free trade. Jacob England Hopes and Prospects by Noam Chomsky
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:46:46 +0000

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