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You're not saying fences are foolish because they don't work, they do. Where they have been put up in Israel and in the U.S. they are very effective. You seem concerned that they may actually curtail the flow of ILLEGAL aliens across the border.

Mexican illegals may be hard working. The illegal immigration process is somewhat self selecting. However, drug runners and the Al-Qaeda that we've caught coming across the Mexican border may be hard working as well. Being hardworking isn't an excuse to break the law. If you think we need a cheap Mexican labor force, then write your congressman and get a law passed. Until that happens, I won't condone breaking the law no matter what the underlying motivation.

Of course one thing to consider, is that the big reason illegals will work so cheap, is that their illegal status gives them no bargaining power. When they are legalized and can offer their services to the highest bidder and unionize etc. The cheap labor won't be so cheap anymore.

And as for the argument that illegals take jobs American's won't take, I'm not buying it. I know American construction workers that have been told by their employers, sorry no work this month (in the middle of a construction boom). But they go to the job site and see 50 illegals hard at work. (Not necessarily doing a good job, since they often lack training, but working hard no doubt). See the employer can pay a depressed wage, pay no workman's comp, no social security etc., and dramatically boost their labor costs. Oh and for those that suggest that we would have to pay more for housing etc. without illegals. In our area the price of homes has doubled in three years. Even being able to take advantage of desperate Mexicans.

Oh, and not every state / town in America has a ready supply of illegals, and somehow the tables still get cleaned, the lawns still get watered.