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.