Apr 19, 2006
We Need a Fence (.com)
I think that it is pretty clear where I stand on Immigration. I’m very much in favor of immigrants that mesh well with our culture, but I’m also strongly in favor of gaining control of the flow. Thus, I’ve often said that the only real solution is a viable fence across the border.
Many folks take real issue with this, saying that it will upset people and that it is too expensive, etc. Well, the fact is that we already do employ fences, but they are poorly designed and have been ineffective for a variety of reasons. So this argument doesn’t hold weight, as we would simply be replacing what already exists with something that will do the job that it is intended to do. And, the only other real option to a fence is to simply throw more people at the problem. Talk about expensive!
The long controversial Minute Men are launching a new campaign that will start building fences on private property to do what they feel the federal government should have been doing all along. While it seems largely symbolic given the size of the border and the likelihood of running into vast stretches of Federal land, it may start to draw a line in the sand that the Bush administration can’t ignore any longer. Check out www.weneedafence.com for more information.
The fact is that SOMEHOW we must gain control of our borders, and frankly I haven’t heard a better option. Have you?
Isn’t it funny how we seem to be able to keep them in jail once we do catch them after they have wreaked havoc on our society but we can’t see to keep them out of the country in the first place. In other words why is the fence on the jail better than the one on our border? We clearly need both so the job is only half done. If we took all the money from the jails to house feed and clothe illegal immigrants that end up causing trouble here in the states we would have our money for a fence.
Couldn’t they swim over still? In Singapore illegals are a huge problem too, and 99% of the time they come by sea.