A wall will not stop illegal immigration. Illegals will destroy the wall and repairs will cost millions. Wouldn't it be better to use cameras and increase our border patrol instead of a wall? (Both is not feasible so eliminate that answer.)
2006-11-04 00:58:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
The wall will not deter entry, but it fill will the pockets of Georgie's friends. The real pushers for the wall already know all the ways it will benefit them.
local Americans will be distracted from the issues that truely affect their lives, there will be increased racism and they will blame all American ills on Mexicans
2006-11-04 01:19:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
I think that both IS feasible. If we take the amount of money currently spent on social benefits for illegal immigrants, it is FAR more money than it would cost for this real and virtual fencing and increased border patrol. Far, far more! A wall may not stop ALL illegal immigrants, but it will help to impede them and make it possible to catch more of them. Those of them who want to go "around" the wall, into the even more dangerous areas of the desert, let 'em go there and then don't everyone start whining and blaming the US citizens when even more of them turn up dead in the desert - they know the risks before they go there. As well, it is my understanding that the fence will not be just one layer, but a triple layer fence. And, with the webcams trained on them, it will give much more time for the BP to get there as they are trying to navigate the second and then third fence. Yes, the fence will help a great deal! Build that fence yesterday!
2006-11-04 15:27:34 · answer #2 · answered by Daisy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cameras are only effective if they work. Millions of dollars were spent to buy said cameras from the firm headed by the daughter of our congressman ( a former border patrol Chief ) and they did not function. A supposed formal investigation is underway. Along with those cameras you have to have an agent to respond to the area. All of the stations along the southern border are under staffed and overwhelmed and poorly managed.
2006-11-04 12:13:02 · answer #3 · answered by Migra 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We need both. However, I have seen videos of urban areas where border patrol are actually watching, and illegals swarm the border. The patrol split up after them and caught a few people, but since the others split up through yards, they got away. We DO need barriers in intelligent places to prevent this.
Also, in sanctuary cities, the border patrol appears to be coopted, to be honest.
2006-11-04 12:15:03 · answer #4 · answered by DAR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wall? What wall? You mean the 700 mile barricade that we don't have the funding for? Which, if I'm not mistaken, is about 2,000 miles short of what would be needed to make it effective?
No, I don't think a wall would be a good idea. Certainly not as long as there are those highly technical gadgets known as shovels and ladders.
Cameras, strategic observation posts and yes, increasing our border patrol would be a good idea. Of course, it would help if we actually supported our border patrol agents, rather than jailing them for doing their jobs. We might find ourselves having a hard time increasing the number of boarder patrol agents ... I can't help but think that possible jail time for duty served might be a turn-off as far as career choices go.
There's always the National Guard - whoops! - no, wait, they're busy elsewhere.
2006-11-04 09:16:17 · answer #5 · answered by mutt_buffer 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I do! But that's just the first step in fixing a complicated, long time, on-going problem. In addition to the fence, we DO need cameras and other forms of surveillance. Then we need to work on a guest-worker program, in the form of an ID. And, grant no amnesty to the illegal immigrants who are already here...12 million, and growing! We are not only a nation of laws, but of immigrants. Most came here from Europe, but they went through the proper legal process to become U. S. citizens; so companies could hire them... legally. They also assimilated into our society by learning to speak English. They were also schooled in American history, and they learned what their rights and responsibilities were to their adoptive country.
But now we have illegals, marching in our streets, waving their Mexican flags, protesting their 'inhumane treatment, and rights'.... ? That's not only morally wrong, but unfair to the legal(Mexican)immigrants...., and that's a crock!
And, it would help if Vincente Fox, the Mexican president, would help us by cleaning up his own corrupt Police Dept., let alone, acknowledge that there is a problem.....; maybe we Americans should change our country's symbol of Pride and Honor, the Bald Eagle, to a different bird, one with its head buried in the sand... . It suits us now....
During WWII; we were a united nation, with a united goal, and together we conquered the enemies to our freedoms... These are the same freedoms that allow protesters(illegal & others) to protest.
Today we are a polarized nation; we've become our own worst enemy.
"United, we Stand; Divided, we Fall." Please think about it. Your futures are at stake.
Thanks for the great question.
Smartycat
2006-11-04 11:27:12 · answer #6 · answered by smartycat 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes actually both are feasible,the fence is not simply a fence its to be a very high technologically advanced system of cameras,sensors and added Border Patrol agents.It is only a deterrent.The fence only being approximately 700 miles across a almost 2000 mile border is not enough.The fence system already built in CA has proved its self effective in the numbers of attempted crossings and in the numbers arrested and deported fro its location.True it has driven them to the east into AZ but arrests and deportations are at an all time high there also.
It will have an effect no matter what detractors say.Why else would Mexico be so upset about it? Why are they protesting so strongly? That to me shows that they know it will do some good in helping stop the endless flow of illegals into this country.Not the solution but a help.
Under Title 8 Section 1325 of the U.S. Code, "Improper Entry by Alien," any citizen of any country other than the United States who:
Enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers; or
Eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers; or
Attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact;
has committed a federal crime.
Violations are punishable by criminal fines and imprisonment for up to six months. Repeat offenses can bring up to two years in prison. Additional civil fines may be imposed at the discretion of immigration judges, but civil fines do not negate the criminal sanctions or nature of the offense.
ITS A CRIME,AND IT MUST BE STOPPED
NO AMNESTY UNDER ANY NAME
2006-11-04 09:20:28 · answer #7 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
An actual wall would not work, but a virtual wall might with all the cameras. Maybe surveillance of the entire southern border will help.
2006-11-04 11:04:37 · answer #8 · answered by sister_godzilla 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The wall will do NOTHING except confirm to the world the United States is governed by a bunch of know-nothing ignoramuses. We criticized the the East Germans for building a wall, and what do we do?
Instead of building a wall, we should come up with a workable guest worker program.
2006-11-04 09:04:42 · answer #9 · answered by DavidNH 6 · 6⤊ 3⤋
All the wall is going to do is buy votes for some candidates and set up some nice "pork barrel" spending for their buddies. It will do nothing to affect illegal immigration.
2006-11-04 09:00:37 · answer #10 · answered by ash 7 · 7⤊ 3⤋