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It's amazing how much resistance there is to this idea. Apparently, many of the "close the borders NOW" folks are perfectly content to leave a bunch of soldiers out in the desert Southwest with little supervision, lots of temptation, and little clear mission. They don't want to have the military do what it CAN do effectively; they prefer it to do what it's manifestly NOT intended to do and leave the problems that drive illegal immigration in place and unsolved.

They want to stick a band-aid on a cancerous lesion.

A clear mission.....that's easy. 1. Look through binoculars 2. spot illegals 3. spin 'em around 180 degrees. 4. boot 'em in the a$$ What could be more simple than that?

It's amazing how much resistance there is to this idea. Apparently, many of the "close the borders NOW" folks are perfectly content to leave a bunch of soldiers out in the desert Southwest with little supervision, lots of temptation, and little clear mission. They don't want to have the military do what it CAN do effectively; they prefer it to do what it's manifestly NOT intended to do and leave the problems that drive illegal immigration in place and unsolved.

Looks like you want to let the cancer to continue to grow inside the united states. There will be no government left when the invader takes over. Why is it good enough for South Korea but not good enough for the USA poohbah? The mexican and other misc foreign invaders bring diseases, drugs and crime into this country, i say the military should be placed on the border along the vast open spaces, you deter terrorist and illegals from crossing with heavily armed U.S. troops and armored. vehicles.

Why not American troops at the border to offset the Mexican troops at the border?

According to my friend who lives 8 or 9 miles from the border in SouthEastern Arizona, they are seeing more border crossers from Poland and Eastern Europe. The current story they are getting from the crossers is that for 7 to 10 grand, potential immigrants from Poland, Moscow, or Rumania can fly to Mexico City, be bussed to the American border and promised crossing. If unsuccessful and turned back, Mexican police will provide a different crossing. And the price includes a bus ticket to Chicago or Detroit.

It's amazing how much resistance there is to this idea. Apparently, many of the "close the borders NOW" folks are perfectly content to leave a bunch of soldiers out in the desert Southwest with little supervision, lots of temptation, and little clear mission. They don't want to have the military do what it CAN do effectively; they prefer it to do what it's manifestly NOT intended to do and leave the problems that drive illegal immigration in place and unsolved.

Obviously, we need to make our borders secure in order to thwart the entry of terrorists from known terrorism-breeding countries. But if we are simply trying to slow down or stop illegal immigration from Mexico, there are better and more effective ways to go about it. Yes we should increase the number of BP agents to make it as difficult as possible for illegal aliens to get through, but as has been mentioned numerous times here on many different illegal immigration threads, we need to go after the employers who hire the illegals, and we need to cut off all social services to illegals. What would be the point for an illegal alien to come to the U.S. from Mexico if they knew that they couldn't get either work or welfare here. That, along with changing the "anchor baby" amendment and revisiting the SCOTUS ruling that mandates that illegal alien children have a right to a public education at U.S. taxpayer's expense, would do a lot to reduce the flow of illegal immigration from Mexico to a trickle.

Apparently, many of the "close the borders NOW" folks are perfectly content to leave a bunch of soldiers out in the desert Southwest with little supervision, lots of temptation, and little clear mission.

You neglect to mention that such drastic measures are being contemplated only because the federal government has so far neglected its duties in this area.

The 'close the borders NOW folks' don't really want military authority on the southern border. Most don't even want an immense wall along it. And nobody wants to invade Mexico. We just want the government to do its job and protect the border. We would be perfectly happy to see the Border Patrol empowered and allowed to actually accomplish this task in the legally proscribed manner.

Huh?

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