Israel's border is protected by a fence not a wall. Actually it is 90% fence and 10% wall but only in select densely settled areas. The fence looks like this. It is patrolled and monitored in a serious way. Not just built and neglected.
Posted on 08/14/2011 9:07:45 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Texas governor Rick Perry - supporter of the Trans-Texas Corridor - said lots of things on a trip to Mexico today:
..."I don't think [immigration "reform"] is that difficult of an issue if Congress would have the maturity to sit down and really discuss it and cut out all of the mean rhetoric and really talk about what is a solution to this issue," Perry told a news conference.
Regarding immigration reform, Perry highlighted the importance of developing a foolproof biometric identification system to track individuals and to ensure that they pay taxes and "live within our laws."
Did I just hear boots off in the distance, or was I just imagining things?
He suggested offering renewable, 24-month visas for those who follow such requirements and "incarceration and/or deportation" for those who do not.
He added that, under such a system, he would support a "free flow of individuals between these two countries who want to work and want to be an asset to our country and to Mexico."
Since those are (I believe) two different countries, they will always have competing interests. Thus, it would appear that Perry foolishly thinks people can completely be an asset to both at the same time.
Perry also said Texas has given a blueprint for securing the U.S.-Mexico border to the federal government.
"We know how to deal with border security, and you don't do it by building a fence," he said. "You do it by putting boots on the ground; you do it by using the technology that's available ... and coordinating very highly with local, state and federal officials.
Why do our elected officials keep making trips to Mexico and making questionable comments there? A past example comes from WA governor Chris Gregoire but Nancy Pelosi set the gold standard back in 2003.
I appreciate your judgement, bro.
Israel's border is protected by a fence not a wall. Actually it is 90% fence and 10% wall but only in select densely settled areas. The fence looks like this. It is patrolled and monitored in a serious way. Not just built and neglected.
Nice post, leo---everyone should read post #5.
All of us should be very concerned about Perry's ruthless drive to win. Perry's slyness and arch-politician ways are off-putting.
Perry’s carefully orchestrated plan to co-opt the Iowa caucuses without actually being one of the official candidates failed miserably.
Perry orchestrated the Perry For President drumbeat, as he laid low——at the last minute he made his move——Perry hoped to catapult to the top and make mincemeat out of the other candidates.
Iowans didn’t buy it.
Perry had a miserable showing——coming in at the back of the pack.
But Perry's calculated strategy also included announcing to the world he was "the winner" no matter where he stood in the final count.
Not being a Texan, I’m not certain to what degree that report was right. It does look like a reasoned report to me, but I could be wrong.
The confiscation of land issue is known to all of us, the Trans-Texas Corridor was an excellent example of that. There were a number of issues associated with that fiasco that would eliminate Perry being disqualified for my vote.
If nothing else was known to me about Perry, his evident support for every girl to be forced to get Gardasil, would disqualify him for my vote.
If I knew nothing else about the man other than that he could actually support Al Gore as a Democrat around 1988
would disqualify him for my vote.
And on top of that, there’s more.
This guy fails to represent 25% of what I am looking for as our next president.
Yes, that was a double-negative. Get ouda here...
His globalism and catering to foreign interests is very troubling.
Criticizing US policies while on the soil of a foreign country—Mexico—was a very bad move.
No elected official should do that.....another Obama in the offing.
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