I was remiss in not linking last week to a Border Patrol report detailing incursions by Mexican police or soldiers across our border during FY06. (The intrepid folks at Judicial Watch FOIA’d the report; see here.) Gordon Chang over at Contentions had some bracingly pro-sovereignty thoughts on it, which ended like this:

Whatever one thinks of extending another amnesty to those who are illegally in this country, such a plan cannot lead to a lasting solution unless the border is first secure. A secure border starts with a high fence and a willingness to pursue into Mexico rogue Mexican police and military personnel who knowingly cross into the United States to commit crimes. We don’t have to send an Army expedition like we did to find Pancho Villa, but we need to engage in hot pursuit if that’s what it takes. Is this too extreme a remedy? History tells us what happens when countries are incapable of defending their borders.

Chang’s posting was removed from the site for some reason, but it’s cached here.