[Forgotten Amendments]

I'm in the minority here, but “The Fence” is a terrible, statist idea. Not only will it be a big government boondoggle, the border is private property and many of the owners not only do not WANT the fence, but they own property on the other side.

Flame away.

[central_va]

Ok, can we set up a tent city in your back yard for illegals? I am sure your local Catholic Church will help you set it up.

[Tailback]

How do they “Own property on the other side?”

I was under the impression that Mexico doesn’t allow foreign citizens to own property?

[Loyal Sedition]

“They OWN property on the other side”

Oh really?
And just how does that work, since Americans can only LEASE, but not OWN land in Mexico?

The few yards of border’s edge land required for the fence construction might be the first legitimate use of eminent domain in decades.

[rjeffries]

Agree 100% with you. A fence is not a realistic, viable solution.

[bwc2221]

So for the sake of a few people who control some property on the Mexican side of the border, we continue to pay over a hundred billion annually to illegals and lose our national identity, just as the British are losing theirs? Sounds like a plan.

I bet you believe the official li(n)e that there are only 11 million illegals in the country and that a big chunk are going home because of the economy.

[rmlew]

I'm in the minority here, but “The Fence” is a terrible, statist idea. Not only will it be a big government boondoggle, the border is private property and many of the owners not only do not WANT the fence, but they own property on the other side.
Defense is a perfectly good reason for eminent domain and securing the country from invasion is one of the responsibilities of the federal government. You are putting a utopian ideology over the survival of the country and Constitution. Shameless.

[brytlea]

Well, how do they feel about having troops on their land? Illegal aliens on their land?