I wrote about this just over a month ago. Blackwater is trying to move in to the San Diego area.
First Blackwater Diary
Now, Raw Story has picked up on the action.
Blackwater Protest
I stand by what I said a month ago. I believe there is a strong possibility that Blackwater has plans to get into privatized border enforcement. My belief is further enforced by the revelations that Rep. Duncan Hunter has ties to Blackwater; Hunter is, and has been the driving force behind the triple fence that already runs east from the Pacific Ocean into the mountains, and he will likely not be happy until we have an ugly steel and razor-wire serpent running along the entire Rio Grande.
I have many friends in the area around Potrero. I went to a little get-together in Descanso a couple of weeks ago, and of those people who had heard about the Blackwater project, all of them were against it. Those who didn't know may have reserved judgment, but they clearly leaned towards the "no" position. The residents' reasons were mainly environmental, not political.
There is a chance this project may not go through; the Board of Supervisors will have to approve a zoning change. I plan to make an effort to get my Supervisor, Ron Roberts, to vote no. However, not only are he and the rest of the Board "loyal Bushies," they tend to be loyal to the GOP Congressional contingent (Hunter, Issa). I'm not optomistic.
One of the few things that the Constitution makes a clearly federal responsibility is the establishment of a "uniform rule of naturalization." I just don't believe that the Founding Fathers expected our border security to be privatized.