[Reaganwuzthebest]

I not aware of anyone who ever said that.

Read bayourod's post #7, if that's not saying the borders can't be sealed than I don't know what is.

As far as the Canadian border: put the military up there too, we're vulnerable from terrorists and illegals entering there as well.

[Dane]

The only action that I see is that it was referred back to the subcommitte by the House's website.

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I have no problem with any legislation that Virgil Goode proposes, he ain't the grandstander backstabber like Tom Tancredo is.

[Ben Ficklin]

In the context of what he is saying, Rod is right.

If you throw enough men and money at the border, you could stop every thing. The question is how many and how much.

There is a law of diminishing returns.

You can read the bill. If the assigned military can't arrest, search, etc, what will they be doing and who will be doing the arresting and searching.

As the bill states, there is a fine line on posse comitatus.

[bayourod]

"As far as the Canadian border: put the military up there too.."

Using the military as border guards is managerial foolishness. You must have a very low regard for our professional military personnel.

We don't have enough soldiers now to have normal rotations in Iraq. Every budgeted slot in the military exists because there is a need for a person in that slot.

If someone said "Let's use teachers and firemen to guard the border", wouldn't you immediately ask who would teach school and put out fires? Why do you assume that our military personnel are any less necessary in the jobs they are currently performing?

Besides, there aren't enough men and women in all our armed forces to seal the borders.

[Ben Ficklin]

The bill doesn't specify what border, but it does mention ports and inspecting freight.

We especially need more inspections at ports.