U.S. passports on verge of elimination?

U.S. passports on verge of elimination?

Soros-funded plan champions 'North American Union'

Jerome R. Corsi

http://www.wnd.com/2015/01/u-s-passports-on-verge-of-elimination/  

NEW YORK – A Soros-funded group arguing to replace the U.S. passport with a North American passport appears ready to take up the mantle of championing the concept of a European Union-style regional government to supersede the sovereignty of the United States, Mexico and Canada, fulfilling the dream of the late American University professor Robert Pastor.

The future of the U.S. lies in North America, not in the United States as a sovereign nation, contends the New America Foundation, a Washington-based leftist think-tank with ties to Jonathan Soros, son of famed leftist billionaire George Soros.

Appropriately named “New America,” the foundation believes the U.S. passport should soon become obsolete and replaced with a European Union-style passport issued for all citizens of the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Citizens would be redefined by their regional identity as “North Americans,” echoing President Obama’s claim in Spanish in his Dec. 17, 2014, announcement of his executive actions to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba, “Todos Somos Americanos,” or, “We are all Americans.

“The United States, Canada and Mexico are bound by a shared economic, environmental, demographic and cultural destiny. How we move forward together is key to our success,” wrote André Martinez, an editor with New America and a professor at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University; and Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, a fellow at New America and a former adviser on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s policy planning staff, in an article titled “Why we need a North American Passport,” published by CNN.com.

“In recognition of our shared destiny, the three countries should create a North American passport that would, over time, allow their citizens to travel, work, invest, learn and innovate anywhere in North America. Work, tourist and student visas are necessities in the modern world to regulate the flow of people between sovereign states,” Martinez and Kurtz-Phelan declared.

“In the North American context, much like within the European Union, our economies and societies are far more integrated than our immigration system recognizes – and a North American passport, much like the EU passport, would align our laws with reality.”

The article authored by Martinez and Kurtz-Phelan provides additional support for the argument reported by WND for the past decade that globalists seeking to create a “North American Union” realized the EU stealth model could be replicated in North America. It can be accomplished, they believe, through establishing free-trade agreements such as NAFTA and transforming them incrementally into a regional government.

In Europe, the European Coal and Steel Agreement – signed as a treaty in Paris on April 18, 1951, and put into force on July 23, 1952 – evolved into the European Common market. The EC was created by the Treaty of Rome March 25, 1957, and ultimately became the European Union, a regional government.

“The inception of NAFTA marked an important step toward leveraging these geographic realities for a shared North American success,” Martinez and Kurtz-Phelan noted.

“NAFTA has been a boon to our growth and competitiveness. Integrated production platforms, sometimes spanning all three countries, have helped draw manufacturing back from competitors across the Pacific.”

They said, however, “the promise of NAFTA has fallen short in a critical respect.”

While trade and investment have grown, “the barriers to movement have remained too high for the people who help drive and stand to benefit from that growth.”

“As evidenced by the recent political firestorm over President Obama’s executive move to allow more undocumented workers to avoid deportation, it would take farsighted and courageous political leadership in all three countries to press for a North American passport,” Martinez and Kurtz-Phelan stressed. “But the fact is that allowing North Americans to move more effortlessly across the borders would help alleviate our contentious domestic immigration battles.”

The New America Foundation boasts millions of dollars in funding by a blue-chip list of leftist donors along with government funding in the form of a seven-figure grant from the State Department and a six-figure grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Prominent among a list of nearly 150 different funding sources is Google Inc., reflecting the participation of Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, on the New American Foundation’s board of trustees.

Also on the board is Jonathan Soros, CEO of JS Capital Management LLC, a private investment firm, also credited on the New American Foundation website as holding several board positions affiliated with the George Soros Open Society Foundations.

The president and CEO of the New American Foundation is Anne-Marie Slaughter, who previously served as the director of policy planning in the State Department, where she worked for Hillary Clinton from January 2009 through February 2011.

Slaughter is the author of the 2005 book “A New World Order,” in which she argued the structure of global governance is already in place, through international organizations and agreements, broad networks of economic markets, travel and information flow.

One year ago, WND reported Robert Pastor, a longtime proponent of North American integration, died at the age of 66 after a three-year battle with cancer. He was a professor of international relations and the director of the Center for North American Studies at American University in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the New America Foundation.

Note: Jonathan Soros is a director at the New America Foundation, the CEO for JS Capital Management LLC, the vice chairman for the Open Society Foundations, George Soros’s son, and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New America Foundation, the Harlem Children's Zone, People for the American Way, the Center for International Policy, and the predecessor for the Open Society Foundations.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, Jonathan Soros’s father, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Gary D. Cohn is a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone, and a trustee at the American University.

Julian Bond is a director at People for the American Way, and a distinguished professor at the American University.

Joseph T. Eldridge is a director at the Center for International Policy, and the chaplain at the American University.

Philip Brenner is a director at the Center for International Policy, and was a director at the American University.

Mark L. Schneider is a trustee at the American University, and was the SVP for the International Crisis Group.

Javier Solana is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and was the high representative for common foreign & security policy for the European Union.

Ernesto Zedillo was a board member for the International Crisis Group, and the president of Mexico.

Samantha Power was a board member for the International Crisis Group, a director at the International Center for Transitional Justice, Barack Obama’s aide, and is the U.S. ambassador for the United Nations.

Louise Arbour is the president & CEO for the International Crisis Group, was a justice for the Supreme Court of Canada, a director at the International Center for Transitional Justice, and the high commissioner for human rights for the United Nations.

Kati Marton was a director at the International Center for Transitional Justice, and is a director at the New America Foundation.

Eric E. Schmidt is the chairman of the New America Foundation, was a funder for the New America Foundation, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the New America Foundation, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Jonathan Soros is a director at the New America Foundation, the CEO for JS Capital Management LLC, the vice chairman for the Open Society Foundations, George Soros’s son, and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.