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Originally Posted by rogue
Have you ever thought that there may just be more to it. You know, el presidente jorge and his North American Union dream? He wants to merge Mexico with the US. 10% of the entire population of Mexico is in the US illegally. Jorge kept trying to amnesty those 20 million illegals without, of course, stopping the illegal Mexican invasion. That way the next 10% of the entire Mexican population could begin breaking in illegally.
Electronic fencing could be electrified fencing. Run a few hundred thousand volts through the fence. Post do not touch fence or you will be electrocuted, in Spanish, every 100 feet along the fence. Or maybe the sign should say 'DANGER ELECTRIFIED FENCE THE U S GOVERNMENT NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR DEATH IF YOU TOUCH FENCE.' Just to get the illegal's attention.
Well said.
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Dude, check your numbers. Ten percent of Mexico's population is NOT 20 million people.
Since none of you who favor a fence has addressed it to this point, I'll bring up something I mentioned in my previous post...
What do you propose we do with the portion of the border that follows the Rio Grande (half the length of the border)? Should we electrify the whole river? There's a great idea! Do we fill it with concrete and continue to wall?
As you said, there's more to this issue that just this or just that. The 'union' idea is part of it, lack of development in Mexico is part of it, corruption on both sides of the border is part of it, vested and special interests are part of it, drug smuggling is part of it, weapons smuggling is part of it, simple economics is part of it, even the 'American dream' is part of it.
We can't solve this problem alone. Nor can Mexico. I don't claim to have all the answers, but as I have always contended, there are so simple sollutions. This is a very broad problem affecting more than one or two countries and finding a workable sollution will involve open-minded, honest discussion of ALL the various and competing interests. As Skerlnik said, the fence is about 5% of the sollution. Where do we go from there?
Granted, a fence may help STEM the flow, but it will never stop it. There are a lot of provocative ideas out there, like 'real ID' and fines for employers and many others, but NONE of these in itself will solve the whole problem.
Finally, I find it mildly ironic that those of you concerned with our 'sovereignty' seem not to be concerned with our other land border. You know, Canada, the one the Millenium bomber crossed? Should we build a fence up there too? It has been estimated that there may be as many as one million Canadians living and working in the US illegally. Are they as much of a threat to us as Mexicans?
Oh, wait. They're white.