I agree that fences are flawed but dont tell the Israelis that WALLS dont work.
Posted on 06/23/2008 7:19:50 AM PDT by Ron H.
FoxNewsChannel Megyn Kelly just now (9:15am CST) reported as breaking news that the Supreme Court will not hear the appeal from the Texas group who sued to stop the DHS from building the border fence......
Nice tagline but I’d change Ginburgization to Ginzburgization
What’s this! Is this a sudden outbreak of common sense from SCOTUS?
I agree that fences are flawed but dont tell the Israelis that WALLS dont work.
It can't happen here. It can't happen here. It can't happen here.
It can't happen here...
Good news for a change!!
June 12, 2008
Washington Times
National security = border security
By Congressman Duncan Hunter
Since construction of the San Diego border fence started in 1996, the smuggling of people and narcotics in this area has decreased by more than 90 percent.
Violent crime is down by 53 percent, according to FBI statistics, and vehicle drug drive-throughs have been eliminated altogether.
There are also significantly fewer apprehensions in the San Diego sector due to fewer crossing attempts.
In Yuma, Ariz., where almost 30 miles of fencing has been completed to date, there have been similar results.
In 2006, before the start of fence construction, there were 119,000 apprehensions in this sector.
By the next year, once fence construction started, there were 81,000 fewer arrests
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I live in San Diego, 15 miles north of the largest and busiest border crossing in the world.
The fence built east of it and will continue on is needed.
Some sitting 1,000 miles from the border don’t have a clue nor does their city have to pay out tens of millions of dollars a year on social services for illegals along with their crime.
There's plenty of cheap labor down there. Why not hire all the illegals, pay them decent wages, and let them build from the Mexican side! Use the incarcerated ones from all us prisons, on the US side, for free, then send them home.
Have the SeaBees and the Construction guys from the Army and Marines to supervise, and provide technical and logistical support. Place armed troops along the border to sort them out!
I would think a lot of folk would go help for free! Plus, a few judges could assign some wayward yutes to help alongside the rest.
We should make it a national priority, but Jorge won't go along, and Juan wants to play in the La Raza sandbox!
First, most illegals are not coming here for work, they think this is their country.
They are not going to shut out other Mexicans.
Second, the fence is built with heavy machenry, tech support, and a sophsticated operation. This is not a simple fence.
We have had troops at the border but to do this job would take tens of thousands.
About time.
Nothing is more important to a nation's survival than maintaining its sovereignty. Without that first, there is no nation.
You seem like an intelligent person. I am, too. As a matter of fact, I held a general contractors license for a while. I have also been involved with concrete in the construction of several large bridges and a nuclear power plant, in NC.
While what you say has a measure of truth, in reality, IMHO, the whole thing could be completed within a year. You must not have waved any greenbacks in the face of a mexican laborer! You must underestimate the abilities READILY available here in this country. All it takes is a good leader... with a good imagination!
And just to make their point clear, remove all of them around Bush's Crawford Ranch, MacCain's estates and homes and all around Teddy Kennedy's properties.
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We are so screwed.
- Great Wall of China, as seen from space...
I live in San Diego, WE here live it first hand.
Theory is one thing, we live the reality
There is also a war going on 15 miles south.
Troops in the streets, killings, kidnappings, beheadings.
The drug cartels and the corrupt Mexican officals make the streets of Tijuana look like Bagdad 4 yrs ago.
But, the question is what to do about it besides bitch!
This is a Federal situation and why one of our 5 San Diego Congressmen, Duncan Hunter is the auther of the border fence bill among years of dealing with these issues.
You can’t compare D.C. with this. D.C. is like a grain of sand on the beach vs this problem.
Dozens of hospitals in Calif. have closed thanks to illegals using them as their free source of medical care.
Their kids are born here, which makes them a U.S. citizen
and by the millions here they collect welfare, foodstamps, Medical, etc. section 8 housing.
Tens of thousands in our Prison system.
We bitch here because we are at the mercy of the Fed Gov. as by law this is not a local situation we can just take care of.
Read the constitution.
I’m tired of hearing the political rhetoric, these stupid “lawsuits,” etc.
Gets me mad at McCain and the Amnesty Crew all over again.
Either build the (fill in the blanks) fence or just stop TALKING ABOUT IT!!!
Well...you've got 4 who are pretty much right all the time, 4 who are pretty much wrong all the time and 1 who doesn't know his butt from a hole in the ground.
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