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Instead of a Wall in Texas, why not have the Navy protect our Rio Grande border with modern day PT boats.
1 posted on 07/19/2016 5:34:14 PM PDT by Elderberry
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To: Elderberry

Put the border a mile south or more of the river in Mexican territory.


2 posted on 07/19/2016 5:36:02 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: Elderberry

Trump will need Fresh Water Sharks for some parts


3 posted on 07/19/2016 5:37:05 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Elderberry

We will build this WALL on executive ORDER!! It is provided under the constitution to protect this nation. If the courts say otherwise — they will need to enforce their order with what”? . TO HELL WITH THEM!!


5 posted on 07/19/2016 5:48:39 PM PDT by WENDLE (We must have LAW AND ORDER!!)
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To: Elderberry

George Bush had a ton of money to build a wall ,where did that go


7 posted on 07/19/2016 5:52:00 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Elderberry

Because most of the Rio Grande is either completely dry or a small stream during much of the year?


9 posted on 07/19/2016 5:57:52 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Elderberry

Plenty of open border in Arizona too.


10 posted on 07/19/2016 5:58:33 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Elderberry

No wall, no America.


11 posted on 07/19/2016 5:58:34 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Elderberry

I live in Texas and have been saying for a long time here, the wall will never be built.
Please read the article and you will see why.
How would you like it if the feds built a wall inland and you and your property were on the Mexican side of the wall?
Sure your land is registered as USA but sorry folks.
I’m sorry, I’d die if some feds came here and said suck it up we are building a wall straight through you land. Good luck getting to the rest of your land.


13 posted on 07/19/2016 6:14:21 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: Elderberry

It violates the Posse Comitatus Act.


14 posted on 07/19/2016 6:15:01 PM PDT by B4Ranch ("The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.")
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To: Elderberry
why not have the Navy protect our Rio Grande border with modern day PT boats.

There already are several new, high speed, highly armed border patrol boats patrolling the river.

15 posted on 07/19/2016 6:18:07 PM PDT by Texan
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To: Elderberry

Now that’s funny.


18 posted on 07/19/2016 6:36:34 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Elderberry
There are water patrols now operating on the Rio Grande. Click to see images of some
23 posted on 07/19/2016 6:53:31 PM PDT by deport
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To: Elderberry

Open season, no limit should do the trick.


31 posted on 07/19/2016 7:55:15 PM PDT by Joe Bfstplk (Proud member, The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.)
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To: Elderberry

Minefields work very well. They are brutal deadly and totally indiscriminate and very cheap. Only the insane try and walk across them.

Post signs in multiple languages that say, “if you walk past this point you will die from an explosive device.

Although this may seem insanely cruel and it is, what is going on in the deserts of the Southwest is far worse. The last statistics I read is about 400 bodies are recovered every year. The bodies are those of illegals that crossed the border in isolated desert areas and expired due to heat and lack of water. The real number is actually more. Many bodies lie in the desert undiscovered. Buzzards and coyotes devoured them and nothing is left but scattered bleached bones.

These people particularly the women, are used and abused by the smugglers. It is not pretty. Some die at the hands of their smugglers before they get into the United States. Some women suffer indignities that can not be printed.

My question is this:

What is more ethical, an open border which allows hundreds to die every year due to desert heat and smugglers, or a mine field which only the insane would walk across? A mine field would kill a small fraction of what the desert heat does every year.


40 posted on 07/19/2016 10:32:30 PM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND ROUGHNECK MUDMAN GEOLOGIST PILOT PHARMACIST LIBERTARIAN , CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: Elderberry

The Feds didn’t want the hassle

So glad they have our backs


48 posted on 07/20/2016 4:26:10 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Elderberry
...why not have the Navy protect our Rio Grande border with modern day PT boats.

Too shallow? Maybe Everglades type airboats would be better. With twin 50s.

49 posted on 07/20/2016 9:48:18 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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