How easy is it to cross the US-Mexico border?

[Borealis]

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Raj Batka Crosses Border On Elephant, With Six-Piece Mariachi Band

A stunt? Of course. But a brilliant one. To illustrate the joke of border "security," Raj of the Apprentice -- and now a Congressional Republican candidate for Congresss in Pennsylvania -- decided he'd "sneak" across the US-Mexican border on an elephant, accompanied by a mariachi band.

He got through without any problems.

The video is hilarious. The state of border control is not.

 

[blueapplepaste]

Something needs to be done. I'm not so sure that any of the proposed fixes are the right solution; but at least they're a start. It is indeed quite pitiful that we can't protect our own borders.

 

[Nathan Poe]

Raj Batka Crosses Border On Elephant, With Six-Piece Mariachi Band

A stunt? Of course. But a brilliant one. To illustrate the joke of border "security," Raj of the Apprentice -- and now a Congressional Republican candidate for Congresss in Pennsylvania -- decided he'd "sneak" across the US-Mexican border on an elephant, accompanied by a mariachi band.

He got through without any problems.

The elephant, however, was listed on a DHS "watch list" and was detained for questioning.

 

[AmariJah]

The problem lies more with Mexico than the U.S.! Yes the U.S. needs to secure it's borders- but the Mexican Government needs to stop being so greedy and ignoring thier very real problems! IMHO

 

[Yusuf Evans]

Go after the corporations who hire illegals, and then go after the Mexican government for being so corrupt and lazy to stop the migrations. We ought to allow the National Guard to declare Martial Law on the borders and shoot on sight anyone caught moving about during the night.

 

[Borealis]

Something needs to be done. I'm not so sure that any of the proposed fixes are the right solution; but at least they're a start. It is indeed quite pitiful that we can't protect our own borders.

I mostly agree with you. I suggest replacing the word 'can't' with the word 'won't' to be more factually accurate. The political will to secure the border simply does not exist at this time. There are some in Congress and the Senate who would take this issue seriously, but they are outnumbered by those who view illegal immigrants as either potential votes or cheap labor for their corporate benefactors. And those types exist on both sides of the aisle.

 

[draper]

Seriously, what's wrong with that woman's voice? I couldn't get past the first 15 seconds.

Anyways, good luck to the US with that fence thing. Might do the trick.

 

[CCGirl]

Or....we could reign in corporate greed and the move to unbridled capitalism!

Corporations need Mexico to be poor and downtrodden. Capitalism works only when there are unending supplies of cheap labour.

 

[CCGirl]

Seriously, what's wrong with that woman's voice? I couldn't get past the first 15 seconds.

Anyways, good luck to the US with that fence thing. Might do the trick.

Yup....they are planning a northern fence too!

 

[Borealis]

Or....we could reign in corporate greed and the move to unbridled capitalism!

Corporations need Mexico to be poor and downtrodden. Capitalism works only when there are unending supplies of cheap labour.

And communism only works when there is an unending supply of ammunition and barbed wire.

 

[Blackguard_]

Anyways, good luck to the US with that fence thing. Might do the trick.

Bah, its just something to do to make it seem like they're doing something. It will just be dug under, climbed and broken to get past. It's not hard to get past a fence in the middle of nowhere. What they really need is better patrolling of the border, not a fence that will be vandalized into uselessness in a few weeks.

 

[CCGirl]

And communism only works when there is an unending supply of ammunition and barbed wire.

You must have picked that tidbit up when you were reading which book on Communist Theory?

 

[Blackguard_]

Yeah, Borealis CCGirl's right. Communist theory does not need good border security, afterall what use are guard towers and razorwire for keeping people from escaping once the worldwide Revolution is complete? What are they going to do? Sneak their way across the border to the Moon ?

 

[mwb]

It seems we're more concerned with stopping Mexicans from entering the U.S. then stopping terrorists from entering the U.S. these days.

Well the good news is that at least everyone agrees on it.

 

[Yusuf Evans]

It seems we're more concerned with stopping Mexicans from entering the U.S. then stopping terrorists from entering the U.S. these days.

Well the good news is that at least everyone agrees on it.

Didn't take long for someone to state that only Mexicans are targeted as illegals.

 

[Billnew]

A fence will not stop border crossing without someone to make sure the fence is protected.

Helicopters, more patrols, ground alarms, motion sensors, they all work together, to make a boundry that is tougher to cross.
Right now, most of the border has nothing to stop you from crossing. Some illegals call a taxi to meet them at the road at which they will walk to.
Something is better then nothing. A fence will not stop
everyone, but it will slow the flow. And better patrols will make it tougher too.
Save a wall like in East Berlin, with land mines, searchlights and towers to shoot any crossers, there will always be people getting through.
We don't want that kind of wall. We want to tell crossers that they are not welcome in our country unless they follow our laws.
Drug dealers and terrorists are also entering our country in the south. But if we make it harder in the south, they will come from the north.
So the north will have to be protected too.

 

[SisterGeoff]

Bah, its just something to do to make it seem like they're doing something. It will just be dug under, climbed and broken to get past. It's not hard to get past a fence in the middle of nowhere. What they really need is better patrolling of the border, not a fence that will be vandalized into uselessness in a few weeks.

The fence that has been preposed is a major construction project, not a line of chain link with three strands of barbwire on top, the last paln I head of involved dual concreat fences with a security patrol road between them. Unless they illegals are packing jackhammers these days that is alot more then a few weeks worth of work.

 

[Nathan Poe]

Go after the corporations who hire illegals, and then go after the Mexican government for being so corrupt and lazy to stop the migrations.

How do we "go after the Mexican government"? Invade?

We ought to allow the National Guard to declare Martial Law on the borders and shoot on sight anyone caught moving about during the night. [/B]

Constitution? What Constitution?

 

[Yusuf Evans]

Constitution? What Constitution?

So illegals are entitled to the Constitutional rights guranteed to American CITIZENS?

 

[ShawnaAnn]

I don't think he actually crossed the border. However, I think he really could if he bothered to get more convincing footage.

I have no doubts it can be done, though.