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It Is Necessary To Have A 700 Mile Fence On The US-Mexico Border
It can reduce the huge inlow of illegal immigration (about 500,000 a year). Some people may view this as another Berlin wall but it's different as the defense is not trapping individuals inside an area as the Berlin Wall did, but ensuring the regulation of cross-border flows
 uberlovely  26 Feb 2008 12:57
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I agree but I think it should be more like the Berlin Wall.
 
 jaykaywy  03 Mar 2009 01:17
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I think it is needed, along with many other changes to the illegal alien policies. A wall is not the end all, cure all, but it is a step in the right direction. There are a limited number of border patrol agents, and a fence, or better yet a wall, would make those border patrol agents more effective. It would be much cheaper to build and maintain a wall, than it would to hire enough border patrol agents to get the job done. Right now, those agents ride solo or in pairs as they patrol, when they come across illegals they are often in groups of 20 or more, when they see the agents coming they scatter, those agents catch a few and the others make it through. Its a numbers game.
 
 Driver  18 May 2008 17:12
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I don't know if it's necessary to have a fence as it's currently mandated, but certainly some sort of barrier as part of a comprehensive immigration plan is necessary, otherwise just anyone who wants to walk across the border can do so, be it drug smugglers, terrorists, criminal gangs, etc.

Personally, I vote for a 1-mile exclusion zone, complete with electrified fences, mines and automated machine-gun nests.
 
 Cephus  07 Apr 2008 18:08
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Are you aware that America has one of the lower rates of illegal immigration? Perhaps if we were less stringent and aggressive about our immigration policies illegals wouldn’t work so hard to avoid being caught. We could then maintain a better real-time eye on who is coming in illegally and the illegal communities thereby actually increase our national security.
 
 finsch  20 Nov 2009 22:08
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 From what I can tel, the real problem isn't the aggression or stringency but rather that the reason behind the stringecy and agressiveness is that the people illegally immigrating are neither rich nor white. Were they either, next to noone would even remotely care.
by  dlmiller82
 20 Nov 2009 22:36
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The border between the U.S and mexico is 1900 miles long. Please tell me what a 700 mile wall would accomplish?

Also, 2/3 of the illegal immigrants in the united states came here legally, and have just overstayed the terms of their admission. Instead of wasting OUR TAX DOLLARS on a wall that would accomplish nothing, why aren't we monitoring who comes in, and how long they stay. Somebody should be enforcing THREE YEAR work visas, and the like.
 
 kh92  20 Nov 2009 21:56
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Huge waste of tax dollars, it covers less than half the boarder so there are huge gaps, on Pen and Teller Bullshit they had some illegals build the exact same type of fence that would go on the boarder and it took all the illegals 3-5 minutes to either go under, through, or over it. It was pathetic.

We need to fix the system to get into this county. Thinking about illegal immigration there are 2 ways, fix the immigrants (won't happen) or fix the laws.
 
 JohnShier  24 May 2008 06:55
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A fence gives protection above ground, but what about underground? Uh oh. It'd be simple to dig a tunnel below the fence. I think we need to use a strong satellite system to track illegal immigrants and capture them.
 
 Custommade  24 May 2008 02:05
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I totally agree wit Hidell, but I would include that stopping people from being citizens, just because they came across the border and had their baby, would also be an intelligent move. Stop spending Billions of dollars in free medical care to illegals, that's just California alone, not counting Arizona, New Mexico or Texas. AS far as the other immigrants, coming over from Europe, They didn't sneak across the border, or gofer there way under it to get here. They came LEGALLY.
 
 stever  18 May 2008 16:51
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If you're against illegal immigration, go back to Europe.
 
 K9  28 Apr 2008 04:43
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 He's a citizen, probably. Legal.
by  Homestar
 22 Jun 2008 15:08
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I totally agree hidell it should be harder penalties on the employers who are caught hiring them and allowing them to work in the USA without being a resident. I don't know about prison but maybe some way of tightening their business and fining them hard.
 
 moonak  21 Apr 2008 02:28
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Taller fences, taller ladders, longer fences, different illegal entry points. It's not the fence that will protect our border, but the people. We need enough people with enough information and permission to act to patrol the border. The other thing to consider is the impact of a fence on the environment.
 
 Chell  26 Feb 2008 16:03
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This seems ludicrous. I find it hard to believe that determined would-be illegal immigrants won't be able to find a way round a fence, either by digging under it, climbing over or even going by waterways around it. To me, the fence is just a gimmick used by politicians to try and demonstrate concern with the issue.

It is appropriate to be concerned about the immigration problem. I think the real solution, however, lies with the employers. After all, why do foreigners choose to come to America illegally? It's not to see the Statue of Liberty or visit the Grand Canyon. It's to work, to earn money either for themselves or their families. Someone must be employing them therefore, otherwise they wouldn't come.

That is where the problem should be attacked. At the moment employers can employ undocumented aliens with minimal risk. The downside of doing it needs to be toughened up. Those who employ illegal aliens should be handed either huge fines or prison time to act as a deterrent. If that was done, the employment of the illegals would cease and therefore so would their immigration.
 
 Hidell  26 Feb 2008 13:57
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