Exactly. We need to use market forces to address this 'so called' border problem. It's funny how most on this thread seem to think ANOTHER piece of paper required by government is going to make them feel better.
You mean like punishing businesses who hire illegals?
Ok....grant your wish. Borders locked down. Big push made, and a big show of "looky us, megasecure borders" woohoo!
Then 19 hijackers legally inside the country take over airplanes and crash them into buildings. Terrorists rejoice. Mission accomplished.
If you claim to support the theory (as I do) that you have to kill and disassemble terrorists at their source BEFORE they get here, then you have to believe it here too.
One hole in the border ANYWHERE makes it useless. So a dollar spent on border "security" is one less dollar spent on disarming Qaddaffi or dropping a JDAM on Zarqawi.
Didn't see a /sarcasm note, so have to think you are serious. We are talking about 2 concerns here at our borders, control of the non-entry point lengths of border, and better control at the entry points.
While most here seem very concerned over buttoning up the non-entry border areas, in fact, the most dangerous can very easily go through the entry points without more and tougher conrols, paper or not. There is little doubt left for me that our President is not serious about either of those problems. He must be thinking that the war on terror can be successfully fought on foreign shores alone, but that is simply false.
I wonder if Tom Tancredo is the only elected official in the country who can see the dangers on our borders?