700-Mile Border Fence Between the United States and Mexico
700-Mile Border Fence Between the United States and Mexico
In an effort to stem the tide of illegal immigration coming up from Mexico, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passed the “Secure Fence Act of 2006,” which was signed by President Bush. The bill calls for the construction of about 700 miles of fencing along the Mexico-U.S. border. There are already several walls or fences between the two countries, most notably in highly populated areas. However, opponents argue the proposed wall would harm environmentally sensitive areas, hurt the economies of border towns, and is not worth the cost.
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Candidate Responses
"This bill enhances our control ove the border, allowing us to better deal with future illegal immigrants as well as drug traffickers and potential terrorists," he said in a statement after the vote.
"A comprehensive solution to our immigration crisis must include strengthening our borders," she said in a statement in mid-2007.
"I accept the basic idea of better border security you need to be talking with (Mexico) to get cooperation, border security can't be on just one side of the fence," he said in an interview with the Des Moines Register.
"The first step is to control our borders and stop illegal trafficking. At the same time, it is unrealistic to think that we can deport more than 12 million people," he said on his campaign web site
"So we need a fence. We need a technological fence; we need a tamper-proof ID card," he said during a presidential debate
Fence
Build it and they will NOT come.
Put this clever person in
Put this clever person in office, it seems the answer to all our problems lie in altered movie quotes.
Hey America, let's start
Hey America, let's start curing the PROBLEMS that lie behind the issues, instead of just trying to cure the symptoms. Fences, no matter how big or large won't stop it, bodies of water won't stop it, guns won't even stop it. so WHY is that? hmm...
it's kind of a form of flattery, if I was right next to the Land of Opportunity, I'd want in too. If these immigrants can become law-abiding, tax-paying citizens, then why not? Or if you don't go for that, let's pressure Cuba and Mexico to create more jobs and demand better living conditions in both countries and bring the land of opportunity to them.
The most violent element in society is ignorance. - Emma Goldman
Reality Check
Go hang out at The Athens Regional emergency room for a few hours any day of the week and ask yourself "how long can we absorb illegal immigrants before our infrastrcture collapses?"
America was not founded on the principle of "let's give everyone opportunity, then when someone actually succeeds immediately take everything they have earned and give it to illegals and lazy people." Funny, I don't remember that part in Social Studies.
If you believe in that 1) That is communism or at best socialism 2) You better make sure you are giving everything you earn to those people before you come and try to lecture me about "how things should be."
Border Wall
In South Texas during the last 6 weeks they have picked up 18 Africans (from Ethiopia and Etrea) and 26 Chinese illegal immigrants. They are not just coming from Mexico and Central America. At one time I was not in favor of the wall since it would cut through the campus of the University of Texas at Brownsville, TX. It will also cut the Sabal Palms Wildlife Sanctuary and many homes will be behind the wall. I am concerned about the locked gates and access for emergency vehicles will be limited, but the number of immigrants coming is rediculious. They have caught over 47,000 since October 2007 and I would remind you that this number was given by the Border Patrol for the lower Rio Grande Valley. This includes only Cameron, Hidalgo, and Starr Counties. Enough is enough.