8 years ago? How about a couple of decades ago.
True - I was thinking 9/11...
Good point, but on 9/11 many of us who didn’t realize, understand, or in some cases even believe the vastness of the problems caused by illegal immigrants and who believed in the idealistic idea of “open borders for peaceful people” had our eyes opened in a very stark manner, really. I can only speak for myself, but it made no sense whatsoever that when Bush declared we were in a “War on Terror” and that the threats were very real (like a Middle-Eastern terrorist using a coyote to come into the US undetected, and using fake Mexican consulate documents and such to stay here) that there was not a HUGE push to close our borders then...
Personally, after I lived in West Denver for a few years, ANY ‘holdover’ thoughts I had about the ‘Open Borders’ philosophy was completely “destroyed”. Living within an area rife with illegal immigrants and personally being affected by some of the problems that comes with it, gives one a completely different perspective on illegal immigration than most Americans have who don’t live in areas where illegal immigration isn’t as readily visible...
UGH, I guess I could go on and on, but wanted to address your comment. It’s one thing to not realize the threat plain old “illegal immigrants’ posed, but IMHO anyone who didn’t recognize the true threat that open borders would cause ANY nation in a state of war is either naive, or in denial...