Heck, just give Ted Kennedy and the gang a call, they'll come and pick you up at the border for a couple bottles of Tequila, they'll even give you a place to stay.
Posted on 03/31/2006 11:36:21 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
A complete border fence and a bigger border force (3x or so) will shut the leakage to a fraction of what it is. This has happened in places where such things have been done, it moves the traffic to less guarded places. Its just a matter of closing the last holes.
And if anything the flow through the border is actually lower than it used to be when people could easily cross from Tijuana to San Diego.
No need for land mines or machine-guns.
If life wasn't so fruitful in America, we'd have none of these wetbacks. Employers must stop hiring them. We MUST stop providing them with education, medical care, welfare etc. This is insane for the feds to be providing anything to illegals.
"I disn't think the "sarcasm" tag was necessary, there."
What do you mean?
"That leaves two other options: Improve Mexico so they stay, or eliminate the hiring of illegals."
Too put a finer point on it: It really isn't our job to improve Mexico. Instead, what we may need to do is foment change within their political system (propaganda, etc...).
So far the Mexican gvt has done a relatively remarkable job of insulating itself from the plight of its own people. That has to change.
"Breed a new species of Piranha fish that can only live in the Rio Grande."
Will Piranah fish slow Rio Grande swimmers? [Texas]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1584955/posts
Toothy invader causes piranha scare [Texas pacu]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1467086/posts
Why?
The North Koreans said the same thing until Ike put that minefield on the border. Reagan expanded it allowing him to reduce the number of troops needed to keep them out. Minefields work wonders at keeping borders safe.
There's a bigger one: cut off the flow of US dollars from the illegals back to Mexico. That's Mexico's third-largest source of national revenue...and the reason their government wasts the northward flood of economic refugees to continue.
Second time (law enforcement sees they HAVE a tattoo): Six months hard labor, with no pay, then sent back.
Each time thereafter: Longer stretch of labor, no pay, and sent back.
Labor without pay compensates for cost of catching them and holding them, but they wind up with "no reward."
Dynamite and shovels are both cheap.
Nah. Just put some of these up.
It may be that we should look at taking over Mexico. Given an option to be our 51st state, they'd all take it. We might be better off absorbing people and territory south, rather than have permanent infiltration north.
Mexico is a nice chunk of dirt. Toss the entire Mexican bureacracy, install a normal state government, and the economic possibilities are endless. Those folks undoubtedly work hard given the opportunity, but the Mexican government just quashes opportunity.
So maybe the revolutionary proposal to end all this is not yet on the table:
Invite Mexico to be a state.
(donning flame retardant suit....)
Our southern border is why landmines were invented...
If there are NO jobs there's NO money to send back to Mexico.
Yesterday on Sean Hannity's radio broadcast a caller asked him this same question. His reply was that it would be too hard and take generations. I couldn't believe it, what a sap. Thank God our forefathers didn't have that lazy attitude!!!!
Use the border as a training ground for the military, snipers and all, live ammo.
Maybe more humane to send Cheney & his hunting party with bird shot.. hee hee....
Immigrants cannot just show up at the border. They need to apply at a US consulate for an appropriate visa. And then they get put on one of several waiting lists.
Travelers are another matter, but this depends mainly on their nation of origin.
Would be 8 or 9 states.
And you don't want it. Its a fixer-upper, with limited prospects for rental income.
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