[VU4G10]

"Fences on urban stretches of the border in California and Texas have pushed migrants to the Arizona desert"

IT WORKS! BUILD IT NOW!

[pcottraux]

I saw on O'Reilly last night that it's looking like a move is finally underway to militarize the border. The governor of Arizona is pushing the Pentagon for National Guard troops along the south.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Nevertheless, the Sensenbrenner bill has caused outrage south of the border. Mr Fox called it shameful. He said migrants were “heroes”, who will in any event find ways to cross the border. Luis Derbez, his foreign minister, called the bill “stupid” and “underhand”.

If they don't believe in the rule of law, why should we care what they think?

Maybe it's time to liberate Mexico from a corrupt regime. Did anyone see any WMD's down there???

[oldleft]

I would have sympathy for the Mexican government if not for the fact that 10% of their population has left due to the fact that Mexico is a corrupt, third world, alter worshiping, uneducated, economically stratified s**thole.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Put the National Guard on the border with orders to seal it. It could be a matter of national survival.

[yoe]

I vote for the National Guard on the border instead of a fence.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Lwas are just words and will NOT stop mexican criminals from coming across the border.

[litehaus]

Shucks....I thought you were asking for AMMO donations.....

[Dr. Marten]

But on December 30th, an agent of the United States Border Patrol shot dead an 18-year-old Mexican as he tried to cross the border near San Diego.

 

Good! Shoot a few more of those little b@$t@rd$ and just maybe they'll learn to stay on their own side of the darn river unless they want to come over the legal way.

[HiJinx]

Putting the NG on the border is a good idea, but it won't solve the problem. The MMP shut down crossings along the border for what - 30 miles? - in April. But it took a whole lot of people. Does that mean we don't put the Guard or other military on the border? No, it just means we don't rely on them alone.

Putting up a fence is a good idea, but it won't stop everyone. Does that mean we don't put up a fence? No, it means we couple the fence with increased manpower and effective electronic surveillance.

Folks, no one solution is the be-all end-all for controlling the border. And when we get wrapped up in trying to convince each other that one proposal is better (or worse) than another, we are engaged in a self-defeating exercise.

[John Jorsett]

COUNTRIES that claim to be the best of friends do not normally shoot across their mutual frontier. But on December 30th, an agent of the United States Border Patrol shot dead an 18-year-old Mexican as he tried to cross the border near San Diego.

The guy who was shot was reported to be on the U.S. side at the time, but don't let mere facts spoil your premise ...

[Wil H]

Vicente Fox, Mexico's president, made a diplomatic protest, and called for an investigation into the shooting.

Great idea, just tack it on to the investgations into the hundreds of deaths every year in Nuevo Laredo, Vincente..

[hillary's_fat_a**]

I say open season for hunters .. no bag limit! This is WHAT it will take to solve the problem, folks!

[bordergal]

India is building a 2500 mile long fence along their mutual border with Pakistan to reduce the threat of terrorist attacks.

The fence in SoCal has worked.
The fence in Israel has worked.

Build it now. Add a minefield or two or three.

[SwinneySwitch]

"But on December 30th, an agent of the United States Border Patrol shot dead an 18-year-old Mexican as he tried to cross the border near San Diego."

He was on the US side when he was shot at by the agent. He then crossed back into Mexico, where he died in a Mexican hospital!

[Marine Inspector]

But on December 30th, an agent of the United States Border Patrol shot dead an 18-year-old Mexican as he tried to cross the border near San Diego.

BS.

The Mexican had already crossed the border. The Mexican assaulted the Agent with deadly force and was shoot.

After being shoot, the Mexican escaped back into Mexico where he died.

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

The naysayers who tell us fences won't work obviously haven't seen them in action, or maybe they have and know they will work. They can whine all they want, the Senate, despite their huffing and puffing isn't going to stop it and neither will Bush, Fox or the open borders media simply because the American people overwhelmingly are in favor of it.

[Don Corleone]

"Good fences make good neighbors"...anon

[yarddog]

I recently saw an old interview of an American sailor right after Pearl Harbor. I think it was on the "History Channel".

He made some comment about they weren't worried about being invaded because Canada was our friend and Mexico was impotent. It struck me that we did not consider Mexico a friend even back then, and now Canada fits that description, not our friend but impotent.

[mtbopfuyn]

Perhaps Mr Fox's biggest mistake has been his failure to lobby effectively over migration on Capitol Hill.

He's been too busy drawing comics.