Nothing personal against the illegals, were I in their position hope I would have the stones to - Hire the Coyote - Bribe the Police - Swim the river - Climb the fence - Duck the BP - Dare the desert . . . . Honest-to-God, I admire them
BUT
No nation can leave its border swinging open & inviting every warm body in.
What can we do?
· Admit that the object is to reduce the flow to, say, 20% of present & that we can never eliminate it
- Fences help, don't stop everybody but they help
- Electronic monitoring helps
- More Border Patrol helps
- Training a volunteer Border Patrol Auxiliary, say a State Militia, would help. If the thought of citizens enforcing the law gives the ACLU types the vapors then train them & give them authority to monitor only with deadly force authorized only in response to deadly force.
· Issue a LOT MORE Green Cards
· Do what we can to advance NAFTA ahead of China, India, . . . If we must outsource let us try to do in North America
· Quit making it an automatic free ride after you make it here. We have to show, identification, birth certificates, deeds, etc. every time we encounter the government. There is nothing wrong w/ asking for documentation whenever we either A.) Ask for government services (Food Stamps, building permits, college application) or B.) Encounter the government in adversarial circumstances (ex. Traffic court)
Some people really precious to me live on the border, these people have taken in every stray kid, horse, dog & cat that wandered past their place & right now the matron of the family is at Gun Sight Academy.
They still put out water bottles for the lost souls wandering in the desert but they now live behind 3 concentric rows of fences.
They no longer ride the desert, partly because of fear but also because there is nothing like finding a dead individual in your South 40 to take the enjoyment out of a morning ride. – No identification, no way to contact his family & tell them that his remains were treated with respect.
This iis what the desert looks like