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Posted on 03/31/2006 11:36:21 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
A few philosophical principles make the difference between this, and that.
Well, then, that's different, then.
We should stop trying to prevent it...
Say, is this guy related to George Bush, Michael Medved and Hugh Hewitt by any chance?
I've thought the same myself...but can you IMAGINE the outcry?
Why! That would be HORRIBLE! Discriminating! *gasp*
Hmmm....
susie
Unless they add electronic fences?
I'ma real sucker for a sob story...
Quick open the borders and give them all YOUR money....
If they would put this much effort into making their own homes a better place, imagine what they could accomplish. Instead, they'll just end up bringing us down to their level.
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He will get a Christmas card from Bush for his "compassionate conservatism"....(/sarcasm)
THAT is powerful...
No waY!
Electric maybe. High voltage.
And a minefield strip on both sides. Warning sigs: Unless you want to "blow your mind", stay the hell out. In Spanish and Arabic...
That's great, but we can't tell if the tear is American or Hispanic...?
Put the smackdown at the border NOW! This is insane, national suicide.
If we built a fence that made it nearly impossible to sneak across the border, think of all the human suffering we could alleviate!
We don't know what they suffer to get here. Poor ILLEGALS. I feel for them(not really). Why don't they put some of that suffering into making THEIR country a better place to live. You don't see Americans running across the Rio Grande to live in that shithole of a country, now do you? Why is that do you think? Is it because they have let their corrupt politicians shit all over them for a couple of centuries without doing anything about it and made their country into a place no one wants to live, unless of course you are one of the political elite. Jorge and the boys are in for a surprise come Nov this year. It will hurt us bigtime but many are going to stay home or vote third party. I say don't stay home, vote third party, this will bring the lesson home to them more forcibly and also show the Dems we don't want their type of leadership( I use this word laughingly) either.
My point exactly. The economic incentives are essentially infinite.
The only possible control is landmines and machine guns. When you will assuredly die trying, you won't try.
Are Americans willing to mow down illegal border crossers? Nope. I'm willing, but the vast majority of American won't allow us to kill them.
That leaves two other options: Improve Mexico so they stay, or eliminate the hiring of illegals.
Illegals' incentives are so strong, they've shown themselves able to overcome any documentation requirements we have put into place over 20 years. I know of no proposal that would assuredly keep them from getting sufficient documentation to get a job.
Mexico is a h#{{-hole, and is unlikely to improve. We surely have little control over that.
So Congresscritters can pass any and every law they wish. I don't believe we can control illegal immigration until we are prepared to kill illegal border crossers. We can't even get a consensus on making it a felony, much less mow them down with machine guns.
Prediction: I think we'll have lots of noise and smoke and probably laws, none of which will have any effect. Until someday Al Qaeda infiltrates a squad across the border and blows up a few thousand Americans. Then we'll install the fence, landmines and machine guns.
You forgot the most draconian Big Brother in America you've ever dreamed of.
He said he was spurred on by the thought of his 7-year-old, mentally handicapped daughter waiting for him in Miami.
Supposed to make me feel sorry for him. I don't! He snuck in, had an anchor baby, and now it is guaranteed that mentally handicapped baby is costing us (american taxpayers) an arm and a leg.
Only in America!
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