Fence won't make good neighbors (Mexico will never be a friend of ours.)

Miami Herald ^ | Apr. 30, 2008 | Staff

[SumProVita]

“...this scum of society ...”

I joined freerepublic not too long ago though I’d been lurking here for years ...thanks to the recommendation of a good friend who is a retired Air Force pilot. I have always appreciated the sound conservative logic and good humor that I usually find here. I also like the fact that several members here have the time and the skills to do excellent research.

I am 100% in favor of whatever it takes to REALLY secure our borders. I do not favor illegal immigration of any sort. The Hispanics whom I know do not favor it either. They tell me that one of the things they most admired about THIS country was the fact that we actually FOLLOW the LAW....because in most of their countries, though they have good laws, they are seldom followed....and many of their public officials can be bribed. They have great love for this country and they follow the legal processes with pride. (I’m speaking of those I personally know.)

I understand that many illegal immigrants who come here are not educated and that some are criminals but that does not make them the “scum of the earth.” It makes them lawbreakers and the proper consequences of the law MUST be applied...but let us please remember that they are people created by God who were not blessed to be born in the United States. The vast majority who come here do so for economic survival.

I think we are all frustrated with the way we have let this problem get WAY out of hand. However, I do think that it was a problem that we all ignored UNTIL it got out of hand. Many ‘good’ citizens were more than pleased to hire illegals because they did not need to be paid much (this applied to private individuals as much as certain businesses).

I hope that Mexico can be a friend of ours since this is sound policy for our national interests (especially those that deal with security and the economy).

[Liz]

We are NOT a nation of immigrants, we are a nation of Americans - legal, assimilated and proud.

[.cnI redruM]

I wonder what the Guatemalans think of Mexican immigration policy? Bullying? Disrespectful?

[navyguy]

If the staff of the Miami Herald thinks that fences don’t work then I’ll personally pay to have every one of those people have the locks removed from the doors on their houses. They can lead by example.

[Joe Brower]

If anyone needed any final proof that the Miami Herald has sucked down every last drop of the pro-illegal-invasion Kool-Aid, here you go.

Florida Freeper

[Paladin2]

"...people have the locks removed from the doors on their houses..."

Heck, they should remove the doors to facilitate the movement of wildlife too.

[snoringbear]

“As long as U.S. employers have jobs that Americans won’t fill at third-world wages. That’s better!,”

As long as U.S. employers have jobs that Americans won’t fill rather than be on wellfare. That’s even better...

[MSF BU]

"Keeping out farmworkers, dishwashers and wait staff does little to make our country safer"

There is abolutely no need for restaurant workers, dishwashers, landscapers, etc. to be brought into the nation. These are zero value-added occupations. If the lawn remains uncut, too bad. Clean your own pool or pay a citizen to do it for you.

[Old North State]

Yet national security does not..... justify the potential environmental damage and human ill-will this fence poses.

This guy thinks we should be willing to give up our nation and our freedom to save a few ocelots and keep the socialists in Mexico happy? What happened to “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor” ??

[wordsofearnest]

I was with you til that last statement. Mexico will never really be a friend of ours as long as the status quo remains there.

I liked Pope Benedict’s answer to the problem. Mexico must become a nation that it’s population won’t want to leave.

[SumProVita]

I agree with you and Pope Benedict completely on this! ;-)

[bboop]

Mexico never was a friend; the chaos there never stops and we inevitably provide mop-up.

[txdoda]

OUR OPINION: NO OFFICIAL SHOULD HAVE SUCH POWER TO IGNORE U.S. LAW

SO DOES THAT INCLUDE US IMMIGRATION LAWS ??????

[MrB]

No one government entity should have such sweeping authority to ignore laws that protect individual or collective rights.

ah, the irony. Leftists use sweeping government power all the time to violate individual rights.

Flushed your toilet lately? And how about that banning of incandescent bulbs?

[AuntB]

“... it’s bullying and intrusiveness that are making us a bad neighbor.”

.....said Mexico (If they told the truth)

[TLI]

the chaos there never stops

That is a very accurate and quick description. "Chaos."

[Mamzelle]

Build the fence first where the people are most willing--ARIZONA.

And where those individuals balk, leave that part open and step up BP...a few miles from the border so those individual landowners and sanctuary towns can truly enjoy being the mouth of the funnel.

When hordes of invaders start crossing their lawns and schoolyards day and night to avoid the fence in other places, I think there'll be a change of tune

Chertoff is deliberately choosing the most contentious places in order to try to kill the fence entirely.

[navyguy]

Good point!

[Sunnyflorida]

Miami is a cesspit.

[RJL]

There are signs that, no matter how high and thick the wall, determined immigrants will find the means to breach it.

I guess in a journalist's mind, actual real life success with a fence near San Diego just can't compare to the "signs" in their own minds.

I wonder if they hear voices as well.