[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).

[Evil Inc]

A simple bounty system would work. Merely require that the aliens be brought in alive to collect. Of course then the INS would provide a limo ride to the welfare office.

[Joe Hadenuf]

It may take years of arguing to get the govt to protect the borders with the US military.

Huh? That's been going on for 30 years. The American citizens can't scream about it any louder, while the federal government sits back an enjoys everyone arguing about it while our so-called leaders stand in stone silence in the face of this titanic invasion of millions. It's pathetic.

This government has no GD desire to secure our borders or our sovereignty.

[Savage Beast]

I don't see any problem with using the military to secure the borders. I am definitely opposed to increasing the size of the federal government but not the military. Bush knows how to get what he wants. He could have the military patrolling the borders immediately.