Are you with or against the new 6 billion dollar border blocking Mexico and the U.S.?

Answer 1

I am totally against it. I think our dollars could be better spent having more people working for INS to HELP people get their paperwork in order and completing their citizenship process, thus eliminating any need for the stupid wall.

Answer 2

First of all, there's only 1.9 billion dedicated to various border enforcement methods, including a 700 mile wall, which is to be approved not by the Feds, but by local governments, local Indian tribes and the government of Mexico (code for NO WALL). If I had six billion dollars, three billion would go to illegal workers in CA, AZ, NM and TX to build a 2000 mile wall made of barbed wire and low-impact mines and the other three billion would go to finding, arresting, prosecuting and jailing employers who hire illegals. ENFORCE the BORDER, ENFORCE THE LAW. Simple, yet expensive.

Answer 3

I'm in favor. Obviously, it won't stop all illegal immigration, but it will reduce it.

We need to figure out what our immigration policy is going to be. (Illegals claim that it is too strict.) But whatever the policy is going to be, we will need reasonably good control of the border in order to enforce the policy.

Mexico's president said this week that the wall will be a mistake just like the Berlin Wall. That is not a reasonable analogy, since the Berlin Wall was built by the East Germans in order to keep people from leaving East Germany. If this fence were being built by Mexico to imprison its people, then his comment would make sense. But apparently he is encouraging his own people to go to America illegally, and is complaining that we don't want them to come illegally.

Answer 4

The big part of this 6 billion dollar figure goes to Lockheed, I think, which is supposed to make a high tech fence... not too sure if I agree or disagree with that. I think it's far too pricey when we can get something that works quicker/better legislation.

Answer 5

this has to be the most rediclous thing i have ever seen a politican do to get votes for his party. here we are with a president that gave three million mexicans amesty and made them usa citizens and now the same president is going to spend six billion tax payers dollars to make it look like he is against illegal mexicans comming to the usa. we got a two thousand mile border with mexico and he is going to put up a seven hundred mile fence to keep them out. bullsh*t

Answer 6

I agree with the concept that the fence is for but disagree with the 6 million to build it. Just start fineing the people that hire the illegals and they won't be needed the fence quite so much.

Answer 7

Against it. Building a giant wall between America and Mexico won't fix the immigration problem, it's just another way George Bush uses America's money for a stupid idea of his.

Answer 8

I like my idea better.

We post National Guardsmen in Humvees every hundred yards along the mexican border, and shoot anything that trys to come across.

But then we'd be seen as murderers, and thats just not good. So a fence is ok. Its like the neighbor's dog that comes over and craps on your lawn. How long do you really want to take it?

Answer 9

I'm all for it! I say better your own country and leave mine alone! The American population is growing at an alarming rate as it is... I dont want to piss ppl off but dont ruin your sh*t then come ruin mine. Mex gov needs to work on bettering their country and keeping their citizens happy & safe. Then we wouldnt have this problem! hell we could even pour some money into their cntry... we'd be better off in the long run!

Answer 10

Great idea as long as you sell fences. Not so much if you want to solve the problem. This is an example of treating the symptom and not the disease.