[Art in Idaho]

Well, that's it for Perry. . .

[Berlin_Freeper]

What about minefield?

[maddog55]

Perry’s right.. we should however set up about a two mile wide DMZ, razor wire ans shoot anything coming across.

[Perdogg]

I am NOT in favor of open borders, but I am against either a wall or a fence for technical reasons and because of the expense.

[Hans]

Thanks Gov. Perry. The working class has been devastated by the open border.

[forgotten man]

Somebody should ask Perry about enforcement of immigration laws in the interior of the United States. If he is opposed to e-verify and deportations we need to move on to another candidate.

[Grunthor]

I wonder how many folks aren’t going to bother reading the whole article and going just on the headline, condemn Perry.

[clamper1797]

A 100 yard wide mine field would be far more efficient

[ArrogantBustard]

“You got strategic fencing in some of the metropolitan areas – it’s very helpful,” the Texas governor said. “But the idea that you’re going to build a wall from Brownsville to El Paso is just -- it’s ridiculous on its face.”

Perry is the voice of sanity on this topic.

Phil Collins used to sing "It's no fun ... being an illegal alien".

Phil was whining.

But it should be no fun. Welfare laws, banking laws, school admission laws, VOTING laws, etc. should make the life of an illegal alien trying, bothersome, and not worth the trouble.

They don't ... and that's the real source of our problem.

[hometoroost]

Well if the situation calls for a really futile and stupid gesture to be done on someone’s part then Senator Blutarsky would be the first to tell you that the feds are just the guys to do it.

[Temujinshordes]

It is not the methodology that is lacking. What is lacking is the will to secure the border.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

“But the idea that you’re going to build a wall from Brownsville to El Paso is just -- it’s ridiculous on its face.”

Please explain why it'd be ridiculous, Governor Perry. What would be the problem with building a manned fence from Brownsville to San Diego?

[Roninf5-1]

We should have Israel's immigration laws.

[CA Conservative]

Well, if anyone has spent any time in Big Bend, they would realize he is right. There are segments of the border where a wall or fence just would not be practical due to topography and geography. There are areas where a fence makes sense, and areas where it would not. It is not like Arizona, where the border is pretty much just desert. In Texas, it is almost all river, and there are some pretty steep canyons and rough country along that route.

[allmendream]

A wall would be entirely superfluous if we would enforce current law fining employers such that employing illegal labor will go from an economic necessity to economically nonviable.

When they can no longer get what they come here for, work for money to repatriate back home, they will go home and not come back.

[mad_as_he$$]

In spite of the fact that walls(fences) work. The small portion of the fence that was built under W has pushed the invaders to other areas to cross. I could build a fence the entire length of the Texas/Mexico border in eight months for way less than the $1 million a mile the feds got screwed on. 10 miles a day within three months of starting and then 50 a day six months in.

[ZULU]

El Gringo De Meijico Numero Dos Tres on the way.

[ctdonath2]

Wouldn’t one case of .308 do the job?

[thepatriot1]

Ok, don’t build the wall but then enforce our laws and prosecute companies that hire illegals.

Lou Dobbs said it best “These are not jobs Americans wont do, they are jobs American companies wont pay a living wage for”

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

I have long thought that the more appropriate route to solving this problem is WHY are they coming here illegally? Fix that and you don't need a fence.

I'd cut off the government spigot first. As far as going after employers, that could be the next step but at least employers getting an economic benefit from this is far preferable to taxpayers getting stuck with supporting illegals.

IF we need to improve methods for these people to come LEGALLY, then that needs to be improved.

NO rewards for law breakers.