[arnoldfwilliams]

As Joseph Lelyveld observed, for example, in a cover piece for the New York Times Magazine in October about the border dispute, “The argument that the border must be secured because of the threat of terrorism remains largely theoretical. The Border Patrol keeps a count on non-Mexicans it detains (otm's, they're called, for ‘Other Than Mexican') . . . a trickle can be traced to what the Department of Homeland Security classes as ‘special interest' countries. . . . In the Tucson sector, just 15 such persons had been picked up by September 10 in the fiscal year that was about to end — scarcely one a month.”

Going ballistic to defend against that danger shows a certain lack of thrift. I'd prefer to spend public money more carefully.

[cripplecreek]

I'd prefer to spend public money more carefully.

Spending buillions of dollars supporting illegals is "thrifty"?