[Mo1]

You believe that $70 million will build a fence to secure the southern border? Try $5 billion.

so we should do nothing??

[afnamvet]

so we should do nothing??

Not at all. How about these ideas:

• Construct a southern border fence based on the Israeli model
• Place National Guard and Air Guard units on border areas for training and security enhancement working with BP and ICE.
• Arm up, protect and train the BP with tactics against human traffickers
• All costs associated with Healthcare, Education, Incarceration and Deportation of illegal aliens be borne by the country of origin.
• Any entity that hires an illegal alien knowingly (equipped with tools to verify immigration status) loses its business license and ability to conduct business for 5 years.

[JeffAtlanta]

so we should do nothing??

No, my point was that Bush's ideas are just patchwork bandaids meant solely to pacify the masses and produce good sound bites. The $70 million he proposed for building a secure border won't do anything meaningful - it will take about $5 billion to build a real fence across the southern border.

That $5 billion would be money well spent. Bush doesn't mind asking for $20 billion for Africa, so if Bush is really serious about securing the borders, then why hasn't he asked for the $5 billion to build a fence?

Bush being pleased as punch to get only about 1% of the budget of what is needed to secure the border shows that he doesn't really care about the issue.