Politicians have been promising to do this for years, and they have let Americans down every single time.
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Rep. McCaul has been one of those politicians.
I believe Donald Trump.
I am still skeptical of McCaul.
I knew it had to happen. We could not survive as a nation without it.
We need to work hard to make sure those controls are not used to take away more freedom from citizens.
If we build the wall, it will be harder to enter our country and fewer people will be able to come illegally. If we enforce immigration law and deport illegals, including those who overstay visas, there will be less incentive to come, and fewer illegals will come. If we prosecute employers who knowingly hire illegals, making it more expensive to hire them than legal residents, there will be less profit in coming here illegally and fewer will come.
Fix our immigration system, and few will bother coming illegally for work or even for crime. At that point, with only small numbers crossing, we’ll be able to stop terrorists at the border because we won’t be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.
What about the jobs that illegals currently do? (1) Employers can pay more until they find a rate that will attract Americans, or (2) employers can go through the process to legally hire foreigners. Tolerating crime should not be national policy.
A payment plan ... like Fingerhut!
Maybe we can let the Mexicans have advertising facing their side to help pay for it.
I also hear that The Predator will also be hired to clean up the border. Here’s a preview of what Illegal Aliens v. Predator might look like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o0Dl_Z2NXA
Solution to areas “incompatible” with continuous hard barrier construction, ie. "environmental concerns" animal migration etc.
Construct a two story concrete block house.
Climate controlled living/cooking/showers upstairs, 5 bay garage, shop and holding cells downstairs.
Construct a paved covered “carport” along the back (away from the border) with four “ready” ATV’s equipped with a mounted M249.
All agents staffing the blockhouses are issued M4s and Glock 21s.
On the (flat) roof of the building have continuous observation and defensive positions around all sides.
A 30 foot tower on top of each blockhouse for HD, FLIR cameras, communications and cell antennas.
HD optical zoom cameras controlled and connected to PC’s in the living quarters running motion detecting software.
FLIR cameras are likewise controlled and connected to displays on large screens for constant observation.
Have vibration and magnetic detection sensors distributed to the front and between each blockhouse that will alert the detection position in the controlling PCs.
Link all blockhouses with TSOA, TIGR or SUDA like data sharing so any single blockhouse “outage” will not affect the links with the other blockhouses across the border.
Construct one blockhouse every half mile in all areas incompatible with hard barrier construction along the border.
If a particular area becomes overwhelmed with too many crossing attempts, begin hard barrier construction between the blockhouses. Open areas are only allowed directly next to the blockhouse that are closed with barrier gates.
Continue the hard barrier construction between the blockhouses until the problem area is under control.
This system will allow total control of the border as there will be no location further than 1/4 mile from a blockhouse.
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“Next Wednesday, December 7, I will deliver my annual State of Homeland Security Address at the Heritage Foundation and discuss these policies in more detail.”
He laid out a nice broad series of policies and programs, and apparently, more are to come on the 7th.
How about rescinding the the birth right citizenship loophole as well?
We need some military units on the border to repulse the border crossings by the Mexican Military Units. A-10s to perform cleanup in Mexico on the stragglers and their bases too.
The first step to take us to send in special ops to the the Arizona-Mexico border areas to shoot the drug cartel spotters in the face.
Put a 50% tax on every wire transfer between the US and Mexico.
Not much talk about drug interdiction. That’s where things will become interesting.
In Texas we have five divisions within 250 miles of the TX Mexico border. It might be wise to deploy them. An initial show of force in great strength will prevent any rash actions by the Mexicans. Initially barb wire the Northern shore of the Rio Grande. Post military guards at all crossing points along with Border patrol agents. Send drones, patrol planes, armed Coast guard patrol craft up and down the river on a schedule. Interdict all crossers, dope smugglers, and vehicles within 150 feet of the boundary. Make that zone the boundary zone and declare it Federal property. Compensate those owning property within that zone and take possession. Construct a parallel patrol road within that zone. A Federal act w2ill probably need to be enacted to accomplish this land seizure. But it is needed to secure the country. Seize all vehicles, money, valuables, weapons , drugs, and papers from those discovered within the zone. Arrest all those found within the zone.
Until the wall gets built, I would not be averse to posting U.S. military forces on the border to prevent the inevitable mad rush to get in (invasion) before it goes up.
The most remarkable thing about the status quo is that the laws which are not being enforced are THE PEOPLE’S LAWS, passed by our representatives, signed by Presidents we elected.
The system is not “broken”, there is no need for reform, “comprehensive” or otherwise.
We must enforce OUR laws, the ones WE passed.
Sorry, I don’t trust McCaul.
“This means more border patrol agents, new authorities, aerial surveillance, sensors, and other technology to make sure we seal our territory from illegals for good.”.....
Can’t you just see the number of new jobs that will created directly or indirectly when/if this happens? Trump is following through on his promise almost in one swoop.