So anyway, I am glad to see that many conservatives that may not have not been fully cognizant of the threat that illegal immigration poses to our nation have awoken to the fact after witnessing massive Marxist-led demonstrations for "civil rights" by predominantly non-Americans (with a sprinkeling of Americans of the radical left), and have been duly shocked by the fact that politicians which they may have previously respected, such as Sam Brownback, appear to have chosen to side with the foreign nationals rather than their own constituents.
And I hope you are taking action.
First and foremost, register as an activist with numbersusa.com
The illegal aliens have spoken out for what they want in the demonstrations.
The American people must now let the politicians know what WE want. We must let them know by calling their offices on the phone. We must let them know by sending them faxes. We must let them know by visiting their district offices and speaking to their staff.
And most of all, we must let them know at the ballot box.
"Do the economic disadavantages of having illegal immigrants in this country really outweigh the costs of building a fence that would not prevent them from getting in, just make it "harder" for them to do so? "
The cost to taxpayers of supporting illegal aliens runs in the tens of billions of dollars. Those costs will skyrocket if we did an amnesty, since we will still be supporting the legalized illegals (low-income workers require far more in public services than they pay in taxes), and we will also be supporting the new wave of illegal aliens who we induced to come by the lure of amnesty.
The wall would be a few billion. And that's predominately a one-time cost, while the tens of billions that illegals cost us are on a yearly basis.
We would need far more than a wall, however. We would need robust enforcement of employer sanctions. Initially, that would require many thousands of agents.
Once we got control of illegal immigration, the costs would go way down. The only reason it's so expensive is because it is so out of control. Get it under control and then the cost of maintaining the enforcement system would be rather modest.
The other alternative is open borders. This will also eventually cure illegal immigration. Once the labor force is so glutted that low-skilled workers in the U.S. are paid a dollar an hour, it will no longer be attractive to come to America.
And, we will have done a remarkable thing. While underdeveloped nations like China and India are making progress toward prosperity, we, as the most powerful economy in world history, will driven ourselves into third world poverty.