It all sounds great until you look at the numbers. We only have 10,000 border patrol agents and spend about $4 billion annually now. These increases are pathetic. The NYPD has over 35,000 personnel. We spent $11-18 billion a year enforcing the no-fly zones in Iiraq. You can double the border agents to 20,000 and it still won't be enough. Plus we need more personnel to enforce our visa laws domestically. Many illegals are coming in legally on visas and then just overstaying them and not going home.
When you have a water pipe break in the basement, the first thing you do is shut the water off. Then, you can figure out how to handle the water damage. My litmus test for politicians and others who want comprehensive immigration reform is their committment to secure our sourthern border thru a combination of physial barriers [fences], technical means, and an increased number of border patrol agents. The big sticking point for many is the building of fences, which is offensive to the insincere advocates who compare it to the Berlin Wall. Unless we are willing to "shut the water off," everything else is a sham, which just legalizes the illegal.
The SSA informs employers if they have a SS#/name mismatch
9 MILLION/yr !
but won't give this data to ICE !!
How serious are they ?..or are we just protecting the Tysons, ADMs & Hormels of this country
"When you have a water pipe break in the basement, the first thing you do is shut the water off. Then, you can figure out how to handle the water damage. My litmus test for politicians and others who want comprehensive immigration reform is their committment to secure our sourthern border thru a combination of physial barriers [fences], technical means, and an increased number of border patrol agents. The big sticking point for many is the building of fences, which is offensive to the insincere advocates who compare it to the Berlin Wall. Unless we are willing to "shut the water off," everything else is a sham, which just legalizes the illegal."
Well said!! Well said indeed.