Who is going to patrol 1933 miles? Who will repair it? What about tunnels?
AND, what are you going to do about the Canadian border, which is 3 times the length and covers vast stretches of wilderness? What about the coastlines?
Bingo. Who is going to pay for all that, when we are looking at MAYBE 200,000 people staying here because of "snafus". I have no problem deporting people because they have come here illegally, but if they were in the middle of getting their paperwork completed, and it got screwed up by the INS (see MOHAMMED ATTA) then we should ship them back WITH their families? I want to know who is going to PAY FOR ALL OF THIS...it's not going to be
FREE.There are valid points to both sides of the arguments here, but it is not a black/white matter. There are gray areas we must also cover.
If these people have not committed a crime, are working and only trying to make a better life for their families, what's the problem? On the other hand, if they are out there collecting money for not doing anything, or if they are terrorists, then I can see the point.
I think we all need to remember that we got here on a boat, train or other means of transportation also.
Who is going to patrol it? How about recruit Marines, extend boot camp 1 month and have them spend time on the border. I'm still waiting on Marine_Inspector to give me some numbers pertaining to this but I know that there are about 2000 marine recruits in boot at any one time. I'll be able to give better numbers soon.
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