Some people say that it's impossible to secure our border? Are they right?

Question

For example, we only have 11,000 border patrol agents working on both the US and Canadian border combined. On the other hand, New York City alone has 39,110 officers. How can anyone expect us to secure both our Northern and Southern borders with 1/3 of the personnel used to handle a single city?

Answer 1

It is possible to secure the border, but the government doesn't want to put the time nor the effort into doing it. There should be more troops protecting our borders, but the government would rather have our troops in Iraq.

Answer 2

I don't believe that it is impossible to secure our borders. In fact, I'm sure that the number of volunteers would be enough to cover the United States/Mexico border. I think that is the major area needed for border protection. Canada needs to be watched only for terrorists, but if Canada would develop a thorough screening system in their airports/ship ports/etc., we wouldn't have to have so many people watching that border which would give more to the southern border. Americans don't want to be in Canada and Canadians don't want to be in America and if we do, we aren't so lazy we would go illegally. Canada isn't the problem, it's Mexico and I'm sure that we could secure the border. It would cost a lot of money, but I look at it this way: we either lose billions of dollars slowly every year, or get it over with and deport the millions of illegals and stop the problem before they drain the government dry.

Answer 3

YES! The same United States that could send a man to the moon, reach Baghdad in 21 days, and create Stealth Bombers could certainly close the border if they wanted. If ancient China can build the Great Wall of China, then 21st century technological juggernaut America could do better.

However ... the United States is no longer run by citizens like YOU or me. It's controlled by multi-national corporations and banks. These corporations want cheap labor. They don't want to pay you a decent wage. They figure why pay you $XX when they could pay some illegal half of that and work him 50 hours a week. On top of that, corporations are outsourcing many good jobs too. The US industrial base is overseas!

American tech jobs are being taken by Indians (from India) and the Chinese. Even administrative type jobs such as accounting are being taken by foreigners.

All the good jobs are disappearing. The whole line, "They're doing jobs that Americans won't do" was created by a slick Public Relations agency. Before these illegals came, guess who was doing those jobs? Americans! Again, big business doesn't want to pay a decent wage, that's what it comes down to.

Answer 4

It looks impossible, but the border agents that are currently sitting in prison for doing their job have the right idea, and just think if we pull out of Iraq and Afganistan, and put the troops on the border fully armed of course and follow the lead of the two border patrol agents, now serving time which is a bogus charge and do this all the time. Set up a branding station and brand Illegal across their foreheads and check them when they try to cross and lock up the ones indefinatly that sneak through and get caught and put them on a chain gang.

Answer 5

No it's not impossible. The panty waists in D.C. have to get off their dead arses and allow it to be secured. We have some very dedicated BP and ICE people. Let them do their damn jobs and whiners stay out of the rhetoric. Enough is enough of these illegals. I do not feel sorry for any of them. They know they are violating laws, but do it anyway. To hell with what Mexico thinks. Secure the border and let the coyotes find another type of work.

Answer 6

No. They are not right.
There are 135, 000 U. S. troops in Iraq, which is not a U. S. state. If those 135, 000 troops were on the border, couldn't we secure our border? (yep)

Answer 7

It's not possible for one reason, the goverment knows that if we secure the border, we will face an economic failure in this country. The fact is this, the economy is already close to a recession, and if businesses lose the cheap labor from illegals than this economic downslide will just be provoked further. You dont believe me? Look at the punishment to corporations who hire/have a large percentage of illegals, i think last year for example the gov laid down a fee to companies a total of around 13 million dollars, which is nothing when CHASE utley makes almost 40 million a year, and he's a baseball player.........................



So the message is this, to the american public our political leaders will act like they care but when it comes down to it, nothing will ever get done until we have reform.

Answer 8

It is possible if you focus less on force and more on technology and motivations.

With technology, we can watch the borders with cameras (wired or wireless) watching from a distance (for maximum area of coverage) with motion detecting, heat sensing, and light amplification features. 5,000 border guards will study the cameras which detect thermal motion (moving animals) for any evidence of human activity, and 5,000 guards can be standing-by in ready response units.

The second thing we can do is to make it easier for immigrants to come in legally by requiring only a criminal background check, a working knowledge of English or introductory English classes, and a pledge of allegiance to our country. It is a shame that Americans would selfishly deny foreignors the opportunity to unite with them in pursuit of the American dream. Allow them to come legally.

Also, we need to reduce or overhaul our welfare state in order to eliminate concerns about newcomers being a "drain" to the system. Socialism is isolationism, and that is fiscal foolishness and ethnic intolerance. Every European country has a much worse problem with this and also with immigrant violence/unrest because of their socialist policies.

Answer 9

No, it is not impossible just improbable because as long as big business and small business will hire these illegals for penny's on the dollar and pay them no benefits there is no incentive to close it. Until some terrorists carries nuclear bomb or dirty bomb into a major city than maybe just maybe will the American people wake up and demand it closed. We are a reactive society not pro active.

Answer 10

Yes that true unless we build a wall all the way across Mexico or Canada we will not have secure or border? but on the other hand who cares let them all in!!!!!