From the Arizona desert to the halls of Capitol Hill, there is a growing realization that something had better be done about the criminal alien invasion of these United States before it’s too late.

Here’s the Hobson’s choice: summary deportation now — or counter-insurgency later.

“We will see battalion-sized military operations between English and Spanish speakers in the United States fighting within ten years. The level of hostility is huge,” Pope said.

“Because of the absolutely crushing numbers, I don’t think that we can get out of this without violence. There is no way to solve this in a civil manner because we have let the problem get out of control. The Constitution will have to be amended to change the rules.”

[“Citizen Action on the Border – Responsible Citizens Monitor the Border, ACLU Reportedly Smokes Pot and Provokes Violence,” By Dr. Martin Brass, Soldier of Fortune, August 2005; quoting “Lando Pope.”]

“[I]n 2005 the public violence and other barbaric behavior associated with the drug and human trafficking criminal enterprises operated by criminal street gangs has reached unprecedented levels, and has spread nationwide, far beyond its traditional “turf” in immigrant urban enclaves.”

“The need for a legislative approach that applies internationally known counter-insurgency techniques to the alien membership of criminal street gangs in this country is regrettable but compelling."

[Congressional testimony by Michael Hethmon, Staff Counsel for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, concerning the “Alien Gang Removal Act of 2005” (H.R. 2933) before the House Judiciary Committee.]

Get the full story in my latest column on VDARE.com -- "A Second Independence Day: Summary Deportation Now (Or Counter-Insurgency Later?)"