"Terrorists do not sneak across the border, they enter at official immigration points using documents issued by legitimate government agencies."
What in the world have you been smoking? That has to be one of the dumbest statements I've seen in the forum in the past 6 years
Terrorists don't need to walk for days across a desert or swim the Rio Grange. They have the government sponsored resources to get official passports, identification papers and visas. All of the terrorists involved in 9/11 entered the U.S. legally. Under false pretenses yes, but with legal visas.
Think about it. The odds of anyone swimming the river or crawling the desert getting caught by the border patrol is at least 10%. Everyone swimming the river is automatically guilty, no one flying first class is automatically guilty. The odds of someone with a valid visa and no prior terrorist record being caught is zero. Then add the odds of being sold out by the coyote for the rewards offered by the U.S., dying in the desert, or being killed by the smugglers for your money, and a terrorist would have to be an idiot to try illegally crossing the border.
Congressman Culbertson recently set out the route that terrorists have taken to enter the U.S. from Mexico. It is across official border crossings using government issued papers.
But the Buchanan/Tancredo devotees are so filled with hatred of Mexican immigrants that they will embrace any propaganda to legitimize their feelings.