"You don't seriously think that we should blow the feet and legs off of men, women and children sneaking across the border to try and get a better lives for themselves, do you? "
Think of it as a deterrent.
If no one crosses, then no one will get blown up.
Yes, it is a deterrent.
On the same order as the summary executions carried out by traffic police in China for drivers who exceed the speed limits by a certain amount or who disobey the officers orders. They did break the law, after all
The branding with hot irons on the foreheads of all convicts of all crimes would also be a deterrent.
Mandatory blinding in one eye would certainly be a deterrent to cheating on tests in high schools.
So would mining the border to maim border jumpers.
They're all deterrents, and all of those deterrents are unworthy of a Christian country.