[SmithL]

So What? Those so-called environmentalists are perpetually enraged.

[kinoxi]

Okay scrap the fence. How about an electrocuted moat system?

[dsc]

"There's not a wall on earth that's going to stop a human in search of a minimum-wage job to feed his hungry family."

Oh, really? How many people came through the Berlin wall every day, genius? A wall can reduce the number of illegal immigrants to near zero, particularly if we add mine fields and machine guns.

As for outraging environmentalists, I only hope I get a turn.

[Lurker]

Good move Mr. Chertoff.

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[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

So the trash perpetually dumped by illegals are just chopped liver?

[Douggles]

Agreed. And I find it grimly hilarious that this earth-mama criticism of an anti-illegal fence was publishing in sfGATE. We need a gate around San Francisco, alright, for obvious reasons.

[Tzimisce]

...so we can't build a fence because it contributes to global warming now???

[Maynerd]

As a frequent critic of W's immigration reform, it's nice to be able to applaud Bush regarding border security. I hope this is sincere and a long term trend.

[Aikonaa]

Because they refuse to deal head-on with the economics of the immigration challenge, they're now taking a step to destroy the integrity of the central part of southern Arizona's desert," Silver said. "There's not a wall on earth that's going to stop a human in search of a minimum-wage job to feed his hungry family."

From what I've seen and heard illegal border crossings have greatly contributed to the deterioration of Arizona deserts. Much of modern 'environmentalism' is not about conserving the environment but rather a cover story for the usual leftist agenda.

[taxed2death]

DR Robin Silver = steaming pile of hypocritical human excrement. Does (s)he cast a blind eye over the destruction that illegals do to our national and state parks?

[do the dhue]

"There's not a wall on earth that's going to stop a human in search of a minimum-wage job to feed his hungry family."

I am not really concerned with stopping this. I am concerned in stopping a terrorist from entering my country with a big ol' bomb. This is why I am not happy with the border situation NORTH and South.

Since Silver brought it up, I am not against a human US citizen searching for a minimum-wage job to feed his hungry family.

I am against an illegal coming here working under the table for less then minimum wage making it hard for AMERCIANS to compete in their own FRONT yard so they can feed their hungry families!

[x1stcav]

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[hinckley buzzard]

Environmentalists crack me up. First, it is the edge of the AirForce gunnery and bombing range. Beautiful country but not exactly virgin wilderness. Second, the flood of illegals has already turned vast stretches into a garbage dump. Opposiiton to the fence is just another example of how anti-American leftists masquerade as environmentalists.