Who would donate to a fund to put an ELECTRIC fence on our southern border?

Question

20 feet high and 20 feet deep?

I WOULD DEARIES!

Answer 1

If it will help I will!!!! They could put up some of those wind farms to generate the electricity for it.


Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors; I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hardworking and honest (except for when I broke into your house). According to the protesters, not only must you let me stay, you must add me to your family's insurance plan, educate my kids, and provide other benefits to me and to my family (my husband will do your yard work because he too is hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part). If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my right to be there. It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm hardworking and honest, um, except for well, you know. And what a deal it is for me! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of selfishness, prejudice and being an anti-housebreaker. Oh yeah, and I want you to learn my language so you can communicate with me. Sound a little bit off the mark??

Answer 2

I don't know if "electric" is necessary...

But I'd definitely favor an impenetrable system of border control. Obviously, in the remote areas, some sort of passive fence or barrier seems to be the best choice.

After all, if it's illegal to go somewhere, since when does it become "racist" to stop people from going there, based on where they came from?

There are more blacks and Hispanics living around Wrigley Field in Chicago. But the stadium is fenced, guarded and access is strictly controlled. If the fences and monitored gates were not there, people would swarm inside on game day to enjoy watching our beloved Cubs lose.

The fact that most of them would be minorities does NOT make the entry-controls employed at the stadium "racist". And most reasonable folks would agree.

If we don't want to restrict access to something most people find desirable (the bank vault, the ballpark, the sovereign United States, etc.) then we need to decriminalize that access. But I think our society DOES want to restrict that access.

So this is a debate between open borders and unrestricted, homogeneous residency requirements vs. the United States as a sovereign country with the right to regulate immigration.

Nothing more, nothing less...and nothing wrong with a fence.

Answer 3

There would be huge political, ethical and security implications for that. I'm sure the financial side of it is the least important.
For example, whoever dared lobby for such initiative would loose the Latino vote, which, in case you haven't noticed, is becoming more and more relevant....
There would also be a cost in US - Mexico relations, which would have financial repercussions too.
On the ethical side, other countries (UK, France, Germany, Canada; just to name a few) would probably protest, and there would be implications at the United Nations, which would translate in diplomatic losses for the US.
Not to mention the uproar when the first Mexican Immigrant gets killed by the fence, the US Govt. would have to issue an apology, other nations would protest, the Latino Community in the US would manifest... Should I go on...?
So I don't think it's a matter of funds, Deary...

Answer 4

This seems to be slightly over the perfect! i choose our borders and ports maintain yet please no person is asserting we'd like an electric powered fence. sturdy grief! i don't be attentive to what fringe of the communicate you're on, i'm hoping which you at the instant are not attempting to declare we as individuals might kill any unlawful who crosses the border, breaking into our united states of america via the back door. maintain our Borders, our Ports, and enforce the regulation, provide up the welfare and perks, provide up the hiring of illegals and that they'll self deport. The magnet would be long gone and the Mexican Gov. will have not any determination yet to help their own people. after all. isn't it Mexico that needs their voters to die interior the deserts? I specific do not see that government doing something to renounce the deaths. Twenty 5 billion money is all they choose a year from the illegals who ruin into our united states of america. Now might Mexico sell the deaths of their own voters if there replaced into not a great pay off each year for them? might Mexico could desire to provide up delivery their undesirable uneducated form of voters up here in the event that they won't deliver abode money? NO! provide up the yankee is undesirable and Mexico is a sufferer mentality. it ought to maintain a number of the illegals lives. they could desire to be compelled to stay abode first of all. So NO! in simple terms build the fence that replaced into voted into regulation!

Answer 5

What happens when the electricity goes out? And since it uses enormous amounts of electricity the bills would never end for it. All we really need is to give the current border patrol permission to shoot people crossing the border. Then, this would all stop. Right now their hands are tied because America's trying to be too politically correct about this.

Answer 6

use your head.

As a country we are scrambling to find enough electricity for our general use (rolling blackouts around the country last few summers... any bells?) the logistics of powering an electric fence that big would use so much more electricity than we have available. Sure we could build more powerplants and power it that way, but really, what do you think power plants burn? I personally don't want to see natural gas or oil prices go up. And i can assume we don't need any more coal burning or nuclear plants in the country ( I would not be totally against sticking some more nuclear power plants in texas though).

Anyway if this bothers you so much why don't you excercise your 2nd amendment rights and shoot them, i mean that IS what you people do right?

Answer 7

Not me!!! I'm only going to donate if they put a mine field with 50 cal machine guns every 50 yards!!!

Answer 8

In a heartbeat!..........
In regards to the person who believes that a fence to prevent ILLEGALS from crossing our border has anything to do with racism...Crossing the border is ILLEGAL it has NOTHING to do with being racist.

Answer 9

Since our Northern border is much, much longer-that seems a bit ridiculous. On the new show "Are you smarter than a 5th Grader, it's amusing someone lost because they were sure the border to Mexico was much wider-she said "because people talk about it so much". When they revealed the longest border was Canada, she had to say"I am not smarter that a 5th grader!"

Answer 10

YOU BET! Hope that it would be in pools of water to enhance the sizzling effect.