immigration?

Question

am wondering, if at all building a big wall from california to brownsville- southern texas on the gulf shore, would help to cut down the illegal immigrant. what would be the social, economic etc consequencies of such an act? short term/ long term effects?

Answer 1

Far more effective would be ending farm subsidies for corn, etc. Ross Perot said that American jobs would be sucked into Mexico by NAFTA. In fact they were sucked over to China. And NAFTA made Mexico an open market for subsidized American crops. Mexican farmers went bankrupt and they and their field hands have been coming to America to get money to feed their families.

No wall will stop them. They will come by boat. Or by balloon. Or by tunnel. Or they will die.

Of course the Government responds to corporate farmers, the ones who get those subsidies. Family farmers in the USA are doing badly too: they can't get workers. http://snurl.com/pickers

I've been researching this issue, comparing it with Europe (where I live) where Africans are coming -- because American crop subsidies have wiped out African cotton farmers too.

Answer 2

If you build a wall and that is it, no way will it end the dilema. Put razor wire on it along with high voltage wires and it will stop most but then with that you have to have government that will ENFORCE the laws that are on the books rather than just give all those that came here illegally absolution and citizenship for their illegal acts. Get some people in Washington that has a backbone and you would have a good safe nation. Enforce the laws that are on the books and deport or imprison ALL the illegals no matter where they are from and if they want to come here by legal means, by far welcome them in. Fine the ones that hire the illegals and take the businesses away from them totally and it will stop the flow along with the other measures mentioned. Short term will have lots of problems to overcome but long term will have a more peaceful safer environment for all.

Answer 3

The way I see it is, there is a legal way to come here as a visitor, a temporary worker or potential citizen. We have laws. They chose not to abide by them. Some businesses chose not to abide by them. The government, for whatever reason, has chosen not to enforce the laws. The Mexican government isn't helping and when you try all rational and peaceful means and people still ignore the law......there isn't much left to do. We already have one of the most liberal and all inclusive immigration systems in the world. But we are limited in what we can handle and not turn into a 3rd world country.

Will the fence STOP it? No. But it will control it to a certain degree and enforcement of the laws should wrap up the rest.

Short term I figure there will be problems. Socially.
Economically.......guess that depends on how you look at it. Do I think we'll crumble as a nation? No. That's not to say there isn't going to be issues about decent wages. Some accountability from our government and a host of other things. I don't think it's going to be pleasant or easy. But nothing worthwile ever is.

Answer 4

"what would be the social, economic etc consequencies of such an act? short term/ long term effects?"

In a world where the US is already fighting two wars in two countries, its troops are decimated with not many hopes of immediate recovery, and a third country has brought the threat of a nuclear war closer, put things in perspective! Should the energy focus on building a wall to stop people who want to come to the US to work??? Do you want to stop those who want to contribute to our economy and become legal citizens, rather than stop those who want to destroy us????

I think we have far pressing issues that a wall along the Mexican border

Answer 5

Personally I think the wall is a waste of time and money. If you want to stop the flood of illegal aliens into the United States you have to eliminate the cause. Go after employers hiring illegals and prosecute them severely. No jobs = No illegal aliens. As to security issue implications relating to possible terrorists crossing the border, I submit that if they want in they will find a way. This fence idea is like closing the gate after the cows have fled.

eroticmommy69: Most people realize that Mexican are not the only illegals, but you are incorrect none the less because they do represent the greatest percentage, not a small one.

Answer 6

BUILD a wall you could see from outer space! If that's what it takes to keep the illegal aliens out and at least slow down their crossings. 3 million illegal aliens enter every year illegally.

The American taxpayers would save $70 BILLION dollars a year, that we are now spending for illegal aliens.

We would save $ 3.3 million dollars a DAY we are paying to incarcerate illegal alien.

We could deport 1/3 of the Federal Prison population since they are illegal aliens.

Our schools would be less crowded and our roadways much safer.

America would get a real security boost.

We could have the guest worker program, we have always had one. Only we will be in control.

After the illegal aliens are deported America will recover. They did not build this country and they will not be missed!

In the long run it will much cheaper to deport illegal aliens rather than pay for them and their consequences.

We are a Nation of Laws and everyone has to obey the laws. No one is above the law.

Answer 7

The only thing a wall would do is employ people until it was completed. It will slow the tide down initially but once the hooplah dies down they will start coming again. Building a wall is like burying your head in the sand and hoping things get better.

What they need to do is enforce our laws so there wouldnt be a problem to begin with. All these symbolic gestures are ignored by American businesses that hire them. They could care less as long as they get more bang for their buck.

Answer 8

Enforcing the law would help. Giving penalties that would cost more for the employer to hire an illegal might help too.

Until they are willing to implement the laws on the books, another law or tactic will be just that... and not effective in the long run.

I think that we are also paranoid of what they would do if they were to really be pushed out of this country.

Personally, I do not care, they need to come here legally or get the heck out!

Answer 9

It is a ridiculous,expensive and an ineffective thing to even consider. We might keep out a few, but would be fencing ourselves in and be looked at even more negatively by other countries than we are now. Start penalizing U.S. employers by shutting them down for a period of time and the illegals will stop coming when they can't get work. We in the U.S. have an aversion to looking to ourselves for solutions.

Answer 10

We need the Marines down there to patrol the fence,and we need stun guns,and lots of razor wire,and the authority to do what we want with the captives,they should be tried here and given 20 years!