Diane Alden in NewsMax:

...In fact, Rice and former Ridge were only following the Department of Homeland Security Mandate and Bush Administration policy, when they have made such statements. The establishment and the Bush White House refuse to view the invasion through Mexico as an issue more important then trade or commerce. In fact, ultimately it IS all about trade, commerce and the globalization process. Those are the reasons nothing will get done to change a chaotic immigration or visa policy, nor will anything worthwhile be done about borders out-of-control...

It is beyond comprehension that Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush and Tom Ridge don't understand that most LEGAL trade and goods entering the U.S. come in through distinct approved entry points. The flow of legal goods, trade and commerce and legitimate human traffic do not creep or skulk into the United States via unfriendly deserts, across the Rio Grande, through Pipe Organ National Monument or trespassing on Indian Reservations. Legal goods and people don't climb security fences or race through small border towns and back roads chased by Border Patrol. Neither does legal traffic in people or products arrive in small, unregistered aircraft crammed with illegal Chinese flown by a Mexican trafficker in human beings...

There's much more at the link, including the first three parts of the series.