[Savage Beast]

The U.S. military should patrol the borders, starting immediately.

[ampat]

It may take years of arguing to get the govt to protect the borders with the US military. While I'm against increasing the size of the federal govt (the military will insist it needs more troops to do the job, while thousands sit around army posts,etc), why not privatize the effort and hire civilians a la Arizona vigilantes, and Texas Ranche Rescuers. It would help the unemployed and be a far site better than make-work federal jobs (don't need to train them to be law enforcement, just do the job that those broke cameras aren't doing).

[eccentric]

All military bases should be moved to the border. Just line the north and the south with GI's training and drilling --- and even partying.

I know, it won't happen because each community wants to keep the federal dollars flowing into their own neighborhood. Far more important than national security.