blame canada?

you would think that based upon the outcry from president obama, homeland security secretary janet napolitano, and various city councils (boston and LA among others) regarding the new arizona illegal immigration enforcement law that the government does not want to protect our borders. but you would be wrong, you're just thinking about the wrong border.

the department of homeland security is pursuing taking 4.9 acres from a vermont dairy farm by eminent domain in order to expand the morses line port of entry station despite the fact that this border crossing is described thusly:

On average, 2½ cars pass through an hour. The pace is so slow that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents who man it have been known to fill out their days by driving golf balls in an adjoining meadow, shooting skeet or washing their cars.

so this must be based on data that homeland security has gathered right? nope. based upon a DHS study of illegal immigration, here is a breakdown of the country of origin of illegal immigrants:



im fairly certain that those coming from south of the united states are not entering illegally through canada. but apparently the federal government has other ideas.