And the fourth wave will be American citizens.
You can put a wall around tnis country, and still not prevent terrorists from getting in.
Seriously, how is this qualitatively different from the guns/crime debate?
If they can pass every check we can put on an alien then we cannot keep them out. Although I'm sure that there are very few that could spend their lives getting ready to blow us without tripping an alarm somewhere.
And the fourth wave will be American citizens.
We are already considered terrorists by quite a few. You might actually be able to say that the first wave was Ruby Ridge/Waco, a pre-emptive strike meant to ward off others of the same mind.
You can put a wall around tnis country, and still not prevent terrorists from getting in.
I know. But you could surely cut down on the numbers quite a bit. I'm not really of the mind that stopping illegal immigration will stop terrorism. Murphy says that if it can....I'm of the mind that we should make it as hard as hell to get in. And I'm more of the mind that illegal immigration is a huge tax burden and is worthy of our full attention regardless of the terrorist threat.
Seriously, how is this qualitatively different from the guns/crime debate?
I don't know. I'll try it like this....
GUNS = CRIME?...Could be argued but a definative answer would be hard to come by. ...BUT...
Unrestricted illegal immigration = Terrorists on our turf?..Sure. We've found them here. Proof positive that terrorists can gain access to our country illegally. What is there to debate on that point?
EBUCK
One is a constitutional and god-given right. The other is not: no one has a *right* to enter this country illegally, to stay here illegally, or to work here illegally.
None of us our accusing inanimate objects of commiting crimes: those illegal immigrants (and workers) who come here know they are breaking our laws.
IMO, you are comparing apples and oranges here.
Tuor