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Alan W. Dowd is a Senior Fellow with the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes on the full range of topics relating to national defense, foreign policy and international security. Dowd’s commentaries and essays have appeared in Policy Review, Parameters, Military Officer, The American Legion Magazine, The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, The Claremont Review of Books, World Politics Review, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Jerusalem Post, The Financial Times Deutschland, The Washington Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Examiner, The Detroit News, The Sacramento Bee, The Vancouver Sun, The National Post, The Landing Zone, Current, The World & I, The American Enterprise, Fraser Forum, American Outlook, The American and the online editions of Weekly Standard, National Review and American Interest. Beyond his work in opinion journalism, Dowd has served as an adjunct professor and university lecturer; congressional aide; and administrator, researcher and writer at leading think tanks, including the Hudson Institute, Sagamore Institute and Fraser Institute. An award-winning writer, Dowd has been interviewed by Fox News Channel, Cox News Service, The Washington Times, The National Post, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and numerous radio programs across North America. In addition, his work has been quoted by and/or reprinted in The Guardian, CBS News, BBC News and the Council on Foreign Relations. Dowd holds degrees from Butler University and Indiana University. Follow him at twitter.com/alanwdowd.

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Scott Tilley is a Senior Fellow at the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes the “Technical Power” column, focusing on the societal and national security implications of advanced technology in cybersecurity, space, and foreign relations.

He is an emeritus professor at the Florida Institute of Technology. Previously, he was with the University of California, Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, and IBM. His research and teaching were in the areas of computer science, software & systems engineering, educational technology, the design of communication, and business information systems.

He is president and founder of the Center for Technology & Society, president and co-founder of Big Data Florida, past president of INCOSE Space Coast, and a Space Coast Writers’ Guild Fellow.

He has authored over 150 academic papers and has published 28 books (technical and non-technical), most recently Systems Analysis & Design (Cengage, 2020), SPACE (Anthology Alliance, 2019), and Technical Justice (CTS Press, 2019). He wrote the “Technology Today” column for FLORIDA TODAY from 2010 to 2018.

He is a popular public speaker, having delivered numerous keynote presentations and “Tech Talks” for a general audience. Recent examples include the role of big data in the space program, a four-part series on machine learning, and a four-part series on fake news.

He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Victoria (1995).

Contact him at stilley@cts.today.

No Border, No Nation

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Written by Laurence F Sanford, Senior Analyst ASCF

Categories: ASCF Articles

Comments: 0

December 18th, 2023
by ASCF Sr. Analyst Laurence Sanford

Without a border, there is no nation.

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Millions of illegal aliens are invading the United States, endangering national security, changing American culture, disrupting the social fabric, and costing citizens billions of dollars a year.

The Cambridge Dictionary defines a nation as “a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, traditions, etc.”

The United States is unraveling as a nation with:
● No control over its borders
● English language under assault
● Judeo-Christian traditions under attack
● Judicial process politicized
● Infrastructure crumbling
● Educational system poisoned with Marxism/Islamism
● Standard of living for the average American decreasing.
● Chaos and surging crime on the streets and in homes.

An estimated 13 million illegal immigrants, out of a total of 50 million known foreign-born population, are now in the United States. This is the largest percentage in history and is increasing daily, with the current daily crossings averaging 10,000/day, 300,000/month, or 3,500,000 million a year.

Our governmental agencies at the borders no longer control the entry of non-U.S. citizens. Millions of migrants without documentation are crossing our southern and northern borders, surrendering to the border patrol, and, in most instances, are released into the American heartland. This process is called “catch and release.”

The porous border endangers American security. Fentanyl made in Mexico with Chinese precursor chemicals killed over 100,000 Americans last year. Recently, 10 IEDs (Improvised explosive devices) were found at the Mexico/Arizona border. Women are raped, and children are abused at border crossings.

A border wall is the most effective method of stopping illegal immigration, according to a Department of Homeland Security memo dated 2017. The Biden administration ignored the memo and has welcomed open borders with no border walls.

Senator Marsha Blackburn has emphasized the need to secure the border and protect our national security. In October, more than 2000 military-age Chinese men crossed the border and then disappeared. TikTok, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled media platform with 150 million American followers, is guiding Chinese illegal aliens through Latin America into the U.S. It is very difficult for a Chinese national to leave China without CCP approval. The CCP may be allowing the migration to establish a “Fifth Column” in the United States. If the Cold War between the CCP and the U.S. becomes a Hot War, a fifth column could be vital to the CCP. A “fifth column” is “any group of people who undermine the nation from within in cooperation with external rivals of the state.”

The cost of illegal immigrants is estimated to be:
● Federal - $66 billion
● State and local - $116 billion
● Total - $182 billion

In 1966, Columbia University husband and wife left-wing professors Cloward and Piven outlined a plan to fundamentally transform the U.S. by overloading the U.S. public welfare system. This would bring societal collapse, chaos, lawlessness, and bankruptcy. Social welfare program costs would explode with the massive increase of poor immigrants.

The welfare system greatly expanded after the 1960s with the War on Poverty programs. Children born out of wedlock rates now are 77% for blacks, 57% for Hispanics, 30% for whites, and 11% for Asian Americans. In 1965, the rate for blacks was 24% and for whites 3%.

Per capita income per racial group is the direct opposite of the illegitimate birth rate. The median household income for an Asian family is $108,000, while the median for a black family is $53,000. Children born out of wedlock versus a two-parent family are more likely to live in poverty, do poorly in school, and commit crimes/go to jail.

Columbia University graduate President Barack Hussein Obama in 2008 famously said his administration would “fundamentally transform the United States of America.” Later, Michelle (2 min 45 sec into video) Obama said, “We are going to have to change our traditions, our history: we are going to have to move into a different place as a nation.”

Summary

The massive inflow of illegal immigrants and massive federal welfare spending programs are leading to chaos, bankruptcy, and societal breakdown. Marxist theories of grievances polarize Congress and American society.

The United States is facing existential threats from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Islamic jihadist groups. Yet only 3% of the gross national product (GNP) is spent on defense. The industrial base to modernize our aged military equipment is inadequate.

Military recruiting falls far below service needs, in part due to Marxist Woke and DEI ideologies, which permeate military leadership. TikTok military influencers are broadcasting videos of active military members disparaging the military.

Action

1. Build a border wall.
2. Change immigration laws.
3. Invest in the military.
4. Balance the federal budget

ASCF mailed this article to Sen. Marsha Blackburn's (R-TN) to support of her efforts at the border.

Peace Through Strength!

Laurence F. Sanford
Senior Analyst
American Security Council Foundation
www.ascf.us

Author Laurence F. Sanford is a veteran of the United States Navy and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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