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

[Nathan Poe]

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

As a matter of fact, yes. Brush up on your Constitutional law sometime. Non-citizens (even illegal ones) are not typically considered cannon fodder.

besides which, consider the US citizens who live and own property on the US/Mexico border. How well are they going to react to a "shoot-on-sight" mentality from the military in their region?

 

[OhhJim]

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.

The record-low unemployment rate, and the robust American economy would seem to discourage those who claim illegal immigration is destroying the country. Some people have an, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality. It's so hard to rally the troops with images of the Apocalypse when the economy is good.

 

[Defensor Fidei]

The fence is never going to actually come to fruition under the current government. As the individual who rode the elephant said, the problem lies at the upper echelons of the U.S. government; this situation is not the fault of the Border Patrol agents who have their hands tied nor of the Mexicans who have had the red carpet laid out for them to come rape America.

 

[Yusuf Evans]

As a matter of fact, yes. Brush up on your Constitutional law sometime. Non-citizens (even illegal ones) are not typically considered cannon fodder.

Gee, where was that sentiment when the American Indian was being targeted for annihilation?

 

[CCGirl]

Gee, where was that sentiment when the American Indian was being targeted for annihilation?

Exactly! But hopefully we humans have learned something from history!

 

[Nathan Poe]

Gee, where was that sentiment when the American Indian was being targeted for annihilation?

Shamefully missing under the doctrine of "Manifest Destiny."

Not our proudest moment in history, and not one anybody with a conscience would want to repeat.

 

[Ampoliros]

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.

Do they not have ladders in Mexico?

Walls don't strike me as a particularly effective way to combat illegal immigration. If the people aren't there to guard them, they're a minor impediment; if the people are there to guard them, why do you need the wall?

 

[mwb]

Should a fence be built at the Canadian border? Even though Mexicans can't enter from Canada (at least the smart ones), terrorists can.

 

[CCGirl]

Should a fence be built at the Canadian border? Even though Mexicans can't enter from Canada (at least the smart ones), terrorists can.

It has been proposed!