Posted on 12/16/2005 1:33:27 PM PST by systematic
The House of Representatives voted to build a wall along the US border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration.
The 260-159 voice vote on an amendment to a bill on illegal immigration "mandates the construction of specific security fencing, including lights and cameras, along the Southwest border for the purposes of gaining operational control of the border.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Cool.
Is this a mean joke...its not April Fools...so it must be true...
'bout damned time!
Job insecurity can be a strong motivator to get things done...
YAY!!!!
Of course, they'll kill it in the Spineless Senate.
Itr ain't possible to actually dot it.
Kudos to Denny Hastert. Now can we fire the Senate and just have a unicameral congress?
I support the wall, but I always have to ask myself: "Did the East Germans tell their citizens that they were building a wall to keep them in, or to keep others out?"
I thought a portion of the Real ID act, which was incorporated in other legislation, already gave the DHS the ability to do this.
Got to read more...
sw
what could possibly make this issue moot? Mexico's GDP increases 4000%?
If they can spend $3 billion rebuilding and reinforcing the levees in NO, they can build a decent fence along the border for about the same.
Only supposed to cover parts of the border. Will just change the traffic flow to different spots. Means nothing.
sw
No - The Pro Illegal Open Borders lobby political power gets to the point where the complete agenda is controlled by them. Several more millions of illegals would go far towards this happening and that would make it moot don't you think.
Maybe I'm just simple, but "walling up" the border should mean just that.......building a wall. This article mentions "security fencing". That to me is a big difference.
Still, it's a step in the right direction. Of course, strap yourself in for the media outcry (and Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins of course) howling about how the United State is not "East Germany".......in reference to the Berlin Wall of course.
It'll get ugly as always.....the republicans will bow to the caturwailing and clucking of tongues.....the media will scream out about denying the "poor mexican kids who will die otherwise proper health care".......and life will continue onward.
Still, it's a good first step in the real security of our country. It will also fit the majority opinion of the citizens who live here too. It's a pity that's not the only thing that matters anymore though.
well.. it means when they build the rest of it, they'll already have part of it done :)
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