Would you build the Fence?

Question

I often hear republicans say "I think good fences make good neighbors"

Republicans, stopping immigration destroys what this nation was built upon. America is a country of immigrants. Maybe you should try to learn their language, not just bash them for not knowing english.

So, if we stopped illegal immigration, who would build the fence for us? For that matter, who would build your decks, fuel your car with saudi oil, etc?

Answer 1

Republicans aren't anti immigrant as you assert. We are against illegal immigration as is every country in the world. Mexicans would be shot crossing some borders elswhere in the world. But even as a Republican I feel that biulding a wall on the border is a stupid idea. 25000 troops would do the job without ruining the scenery.

Answer 2

This is a old, worn out argument that makes no sense. Let's break it down...

Stopping "illegal" immigration is what it's all about. You are NOT stopping "ALL" immigration. So let's first make that distinction, because it's an important one.

There's a huge line of people waiting to move to this country from all over the world. Why should we give Mexicans special consideration or allow them to cut in line? Simple. You don't.

And please, don't throw the weak argument about jobs. Most states don't have the "full service" feature anymore at gas stations. Most states don't need illegals to pick fruit or fill construction jobs (which pay well enough for citizens to want). There is no evidence that proves illegals are filling only the jobs that Americans don't want. That's bull sh**. Many are making over $15/hr doing construction....

Less than 0.01 percent of the economy relies on the type of labor that most illegals fill. We can easily do without 'em. The legal ones that are here do a fine job filling those types of jobs.

Answer 3

You're right, this nation was built upon immigrants, but they were LEGAL immigrants. I'm all for people from all over the world coming into the country and perusing their dreams, but they need to do it the right way. Coming across the border illegally is no way to start your life here. Filling out the paperwork, jumping trough the hoops and getting full use out of all the benefits the US offers to legal immigrants (tax breaks, zero interest business loans, etc.) is simply better in the long run.

Answer 4

Dude, I am a Liberal Democrat and I want the fence built high and deep, because fences do make better neighbors.

Keeping illegal Mexican immigrants out of this country is only good common sense and has nothing to do with legal immigration.

And yes, let the 11 million illegals already here get busy building the fence. They are already here and not much we can do about it, but we can stop the rest of their country from coming here.

Answer 5

Are you desperately trying to make people believe that they need illegal immigrants? You are sadly mistaken.

Don't mistake immigration and ILLEGAL immigration. Dems and Libs seem to mix the two up all the time. What a shame.

Forget the fence. I will settle for enforcing the law and hiring an additional 50,000 border guards with all the equipment they need to get the job done properly. I venture to say that you would see an increase in legal applications for citizenship, you think?

Answer 6

Yup, I say we take a page from the ol' East German playbook and build a wall from La Jolla to Brownsville. How many Mexicans do you think ever made it into East Germany? Besides, look at how many people were inspired by the Berlin Wall....for better or worse....Former President Ronald Regan, Former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbechev, the 1972 East German Women's Olympic Swim Team, the German Rock group "The Scorpions".....Just think how many people could be inspired by a grand Border Wall across the Southwestern US !!

Answer 7

Well, you catch a mess of those illegals and give them one last job in the ol' USof A,...buildin' a BIG honkin' wall. Then you put them on the other side, put up the gun turrets, and toss their last check on over,...As for the oil, well, did we not just crush the regime of a major oil producer? As I remember, to the victor goes the spoils. Make certain we have oil, and not just to use,...also to pay reparations to the wounded, and the families of the soldiers who have been killed in this action.

Answer 8

People in the USA illegally, are not immigrants. They are illegal aliens!

Answer 9

illegal immigration proponents is that those who enter the U.S. by breaking the law are invariably "hard-working" and "law-abiding" once they get here.
1. That argument, however, has one major flaw. According to Justice Department statistics and the analysis of immigration experts, the "law-abiding" claim often isn't true.
As Investors Business Daily reported in March 2005:
"The U.S. Justice Department estimated that 270,000 illegal immigrants served jail time nationally in 2003. Of those, 108,000 were in California. Some estimates show illegals now make up half of California's prison population, creating a massive criminal subculture that strains state budgets and creates a nightmare for local police forces."
Citing an Urban Institute study, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies Steven Camorata noted in 2004: "Roughly 17 percent of the prison population at the federal level are illegal aliens. That's a huge number since illegal aliens only account for about 3 percent of the total population."
1. Former California Gov. Pete Wilson places the percentage of illegal aliens in U.S. prisons even higher. In 2001, he told Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly:
"We had problems related to the costs of educating children who were acknowledged to be in the country illegally, healthcare costs. One in five in our prison population were illegal immigrants who had been convicted of a felony after entering the country illegally."
The Federation for American Immigration Reform also turned to the Justice Department to get statistics on criminal aliens. They report:
"In March 2000, Congress made public Department of Justice statistics showing that, over the previous five years, the INS had released over 35,000 criminal aliens instead of deporting them. Over 11,000 of those released went on to commit serious crimes, over 1,800 of which were violent ones [including 98 homicides, 142 sexual assaults, and 44 kidnaping].
"In 2001, thanks to a decision by the Supreme Court, the INS was forced to release into our society over 3,000 criminal aliens [who collectively had been convicted of 125 homicides, 387 sex offenses, and 772 assault charges]."
1. Up to a third of the U.S. federal prison population is composed of non-citizens, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons statistics - but not all non-citizen prison inmates are illegal aliens.
As to the "hard-working" claim, CIS notes: "The proportion of immigrant-headed households using at least one major welfare program is 24.5 percent compared to 16.3 percent for native households."
Investor's Business Daily concurs: "Once [illegals] get here, they are 50 percent more likely to be on welfare than citizens."

Answer 10

We can outsource it to Mexico and have the Mexicans build it standing on the Mexican side of the border.