[Berlin_Freeper]

“How many border guards would it take to make the U.S.-Mexican border impenetrable?”

It is not hard to imagine what kind of border the US needs.

Make the border an exact copy of the one between North and South Korea. Minus all the unnecessary tanks and artillary, it would be cheap because minefields need very little upkeep.

We can't make it "militarized"? Who says? Considering the Mexican governments hostile attitude of dictating our policy I say a militarized border is called for. And shame on Mexico for forcing us to have to do it.

We did it in Korea and it has worked for decades. We should have done it in Vietnam, we need to do it in Iraq. Americans should be the worlds experts in putting up military borders. You keep the scum out, you are solving many problems right there. Then we can sit back and watch them eat each other and have no doubt of exactly why we put up "militarized borders".

[WOSG]

"It is not hard to imagine what kind of border the US needs.

Make the border an exact copy of the one between North and South Korea. Minus all the unnecessary tanks and artillary, it would be cheap because minefields need very little upkeep."

So Mexico is to be considered as hostile as North Korea?
It's been pointed out that, at least in Texas, much of the land is private, right to the border. You'll need to invoke a lot of eminent domain to make minefields happen.
This is impractical, dangerous, and unnecessary.

Interior enforcement and a path to deportation is the only
As long as illegal immigrants are 'safe' once they get through the border, there will be a demand to cross.
Interior enforcement is more effective than a DMZ.

[George W. Bush]

We can't make it "militarized"? Who says?

It is militarized. But only on the Mexican side.