What can we do to convince this Government that we need more border security?

Question

What is the down side to building a wall and closing our southern border?
Wouldn't closing that border stop a large about of illegal drug trafficking also?

Answer 1

Leave the bodies of the average 9000 a year killed by illegals on the border for them and the world to see!!. This would be an eye opener. We have enough of are own we don't need more-and 9000 is way to many!

Enforcing our current laws have gone to the wayside-that would help if it would happen Take business licenses away from owners who hire them--and I mean away--get tough. But here they don't seem to be convinced to do it--so I say the above eye opener would be one way-one that would have inpact!!


A wall is of no good if not secured by other things.

Yes it would curb the drug traffic but not stop it. How few times do we really get the" big time dealers" over the small and users-few. And other countries do contribute to this--but why forgive those we can stop just because it happens elsewhere too. Kind of like the deaths above, Money talks and big Druggies have plenty.

And may I add the Child Prostitution Slavery that is coming through--Pitiful how many turn their heads to "ALL" of this because they feel some who come through are good (and they are) . But does that justify the rest I ask

Answer 2

We could build a moat separating us from Canada.

We could build a huge levee blocking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

We still need a wall between Alaska and Canada also., and a huge wall separating the Arctic Ocean from Alaska.

We can heat the Behring Straight so it will not freeze over and people from Russia will not be able to walk across it to the USA in the winter.

I know I am forgetting something, you mentioned southern border. Okay, we can dig a river between the USA and Mexico, and call it the Big River, and when Bush gives all the Illegals amnesty here, we will hire them as border patrol agents.

As for Drug trafficking, most come in via Florida, that is not an issue, Florida will be under 200 feet of water when AntArctica melts.

Dang, isn't sarcasm wonderful.

Seriously:
This immigraton thing is a non-issue. It is to divert our attention to the fact that politicians have been accepting huge campaign contributions from the health care industry to allow them to defraud and cheat US Citizens.

Ignore that man behind the curtain...

Answer 3

There is no downside to securing our borders. We need to secure the Canadian border as well, but that should be a secondary goal. Both parties seem to be afraid of being called racist, but I don't care. I'm tired of paying the price for the border problem, an I want a wall - a big wall!!!!! Drug trafficking, illegal immigration and opportunity for terrorists are just a few of the problems that would be solved.

Answer 4

the wall won't work - and it costs a lot of money.
walls never work, they just get torn down (or end up like the wall in china and are decorated to become art)
walls also aren't a good symbol to have, especially in america

drug get in other ways, I don't know if it would ahve an impact on the drug trade. I think there are things we can do here to cut back on drugs, but won't.

(like most other countries only confiscate drugs for personal use, they are only arrested if they have enough that they can be charged with 'intent to sell'. the police go after the dealers, right to the root of the problem. they also check more cargo coming in to the country. we check less than 10%. you can estimate that there is a 90% chance if you smuggle drugs in a truck you won't be searched. that's good odds)

its weird that drugs are your second concern after illegals.
slavery and human trafficing don't seem to bother many people, but coke and weed are just horrid

Answer 5

We DO NOT NEED to build a wall on our southern border or the northern border.

WE DO need to make our current laws enforceable. We put any employer that hires someone not eligible to work in the U.S.A. in prison. After a few get put in prison the rest will stop hiring people they shouldn’t and POOF – the illegal aliens return to their own country and perhaps even take care of the problems there.

The "illegal drug trafficking" is sponsored by a corrupt government. OURS

Answer 6

I believe most of the nation's problems, including that, has to do with the lack of updated and revised laws. They really don't include or make room for the human sense of common sense. Sometimes what makes us Americans weak in America makes others from other countries, like Mexico, stronger. Sure, we have admendments and such, but it doesn't do much for the law itself. We pretty much need another revolution, but just for the government. A brother of a friend of mine was just sent to jail after driving some kids around their neighborhood, because they wanted to steal some beer from houses who left their garage doors open. He was the only 18 yr old (he just turned it not even a month ago) involved. The others got away because they were minors. Now, does that make sense? What really doesn't make sense is the people whose houses were included want to press charges. This kid did nothing wrong ever before, honor student, played sports and received a scholarship to a college that they don't know if it will be good now, all for some beer in a garage. Now, I don't know what you think, but when I think of an open door, I think "Welcome." And it just doesn't make sense for these people to press charges and maybe ruin his chances for a furture in sports and college, all for a $10 pack of beer. Ok, so he shouldn't have been driving, so slap him on the wrist, scare him with something, and walk away. I mean, c'mon, he shared a cell with a child rapist. Thats not right. None of it is.

Answer 7

Many illegal immigrants come through our airports and stay. Walls never are a long-term solution (see Berlin). Besides, the wall would not cover the entire border, only pieces of it. The best way to deal with illegal drugs is to legalize and decriminalize them. This would free up prison space for terrorists, murderers, rapists and real criminals.

Vote for Ron Paul.

Answer 8

A short video showing little red dots crossing the border at night . Time lapse it to show them crossing in just a few minutes .
3500 little red blips on a map crossing into the united states each night is a lot .
Then show them spreading out around the country . Now show dollar bills pouring out of washington and state capitals to hospitals ,schools and social service offices .

Then show dollar signs heading back across the border into mexico .

This dramatic video of the problem should wake people up .

Answer 9

The downside to a wall is that walls can easily be scaled, so personnel is still required, and we already know we don't have enough personnel to police the border.

What we can do to convince the government that we need tighter border security is elect a new President. This one vetoes everything Congress tries to do. Anyone who disagrees with him is wrong. He said it himself about that asinine immigration bill he was trying to push through Congress. "If you want what's best for America..."

Answer 10

They seem to respond to only one thing - tthe threat of being voted out of office. But that means that the Bush administration has no incentives at all to do anything other than whatever it wants to do. The only people who have any influence over the White House until 1/20/09 are those in a position to put money in their pockets after they leave office.