you cant be serious...a fence wont solve problem with illegals....?

Question

how much does a fence 2500 miles long, 20 feet high, cost?...and then to patrol it around the clock?.....$1B,,$10B...$100B?........

go to the source, take away their reason for coming---jobs
punish employers who hire illegals-problem solved
ya, we'll pay more for produce, and construction....and a lot of services. but there is no avoiding that. the costs associated with those industries have been artificially frozen by the gov because of cheap wages and no benefits. now we have to pay, but i dont mind one bit knowing that money goes to americans who want to work and deserve the jobs.

Answer 1

Below is a sample of homeland security items
in the FY2007 Budget,
their estimated costs,
and the time it takes the Pentagon to burn through
the same amount in Iraq.

* 1,500 new Border Patrol agents:
$459 million ($306,000 per agent)
Iraq spending equivalent: 1.9 days

* Container Security Initiative (CSI)
to pre-screen U.S.-bound cargo
at more than 40 foreign ports:
$139 million
Iraq spending equivalent: 13.9 hours.

* An additional 6,700 Detention Bed Spaces
to replace “catch and release” with a “catch and return” policy:
$410 million.
Iraq spending equivalent: 1.7 days

* An enhanced Worksite Enforcement program
to “send a strong deterrence message to employers
who knowingly hire illegal workers…”:
$41.7 million
Iraq spending equivalent: 4.2 hours

* Border technology to enhance electronic surveillance:
$100 million
Iraq spending equivalent: 10 hours

* 18 additional Fugitive Operations teams (raising the total to 70)
dedicated to catching the estimated 450,000 individuals
who have absconded following their deportation orders:
$30 million
Iraq spending equivalent: 10 hours

* Completion of the San Diego Border Infrastructure System,
including multiple fences and patrol roads:
$30 million
Iraq spending equivalent: 3 hours

And now for the grand finale.
Although this last item is the least costly,
it may yield one of the biggest benefits.

After the first 10 miles of border fence was completed,
arrests of illegal immigrants
trying to cross the San Diego border sector plummeted
from about 25,000 per year to 3,000 per year.
But of course the San Diego fence
pushed the illegal influx eastward,
into the (less hospitable) Arizona desert.

A serious commitment to border security
would require fencing off the entire southern border—
all 1,891 miles of it.
(For comparison, we have 40,000 miles of Interstate highways.)

At $1.7 million per mile
(the cost of the first 10 mile stretch in San Diego),
the entire U.S.-Mexican border (all 1,891 miles of it)
could be sealed off for $3.3 billion dollars.

Iraq spending equivalent: 13.8 days.

Cost/benefit analysis, anyone?

Answer 2

For the cost of 2 stealth bombers, we could afford to build a cement wall high enough for a rather secure barrier along the entire border of Mexico. So why not just not buy 2 planes, and use the money for something else?

But if we want to look at the employers, I think we should fine them like crazy if they are caught with even1 illegal immigrant on the payroll. If they are caught, they should be fines MILLIONS per illegal on the payroll. Drive them out of business - make the fines so high, no one could survive it business wise. THAT would make them think a bit before hiring illegal immigrants.

Answer 3

They need to check a their info out before hiring them. Some of them say they are legal and have social security number before they hire them. Like get with the Social Security of INS to find out their info. But then again tat would cost more money and time. Thery need to do more research on those people. We have had that prblem at my work. The INS comes in every 6 months to check it out, and they fire them because they are illegal BEFORE the INS find out so they know they have illigal immigrants. If they dont get rid of they get fined. Yes they need to do something about the borders. They come over and also take our benifits like medicare. To immigrate to canada you have to have a certain amount of money to be shown the immigration/ border people before you get there to last you 6 months. You cannot live off their benifiits like we let them do here.

Answer 4

While I agree with you, No one answer is going to solve the problem You are right, costs on certain goods will go up, and it will be our responsiblity to deal with it. However finishing the fence project will be a start, the illegal mexicans coming here to stael jobs aren't the only problem coming in that way.

Answer 5

You make some good points, but I'd plant landmines near the fence as added security at the border.

Answer 6

Border fence, border patrol, ICE, employer enforcement, hotline, public/civic participation, city/state initiatives, border treaty, economic incentives/disincentives, army if needed, whole 9 yards, basically...

Answer 7

They pay more for New York cops than they do to secure the border. It can be done. If they don't do the people will.

Answer 8

Whatever the cost...it will pay back 2 or 3 fold.

NO...a fence will not work...but two fences with ravenous lions in between will. :)

Answer 9

$468912500 But you would have to add Labor Cost going at about $14.90 per hour -- so go figure

Answer 10

i think all the americans should stand at the border and everytime an illegal tries to come across-shoot-