More border patrol vs less minutemen?

Question

Or more minutemen vs less border patrol?

and why?

Answer 1

Why not both? The minute men are volunteers and what they do is surveillance and when they see activity, they alert the border patrol, the ones with authority. Using both combined is a more effective and cost efficient system and builds trust and mutual reliance between the government and regular citizens. When there is trust and a mutual reliance, abuse of power and divisions that occur disappear.

Answer 2

It's not one or the other problem. I was going to say more patrol and less Minutemen , The problem is who watch our government. In a Democracy, the people are suppose to watch the government. That is what the minutemen is doing.

Answer 3

More border patrol.
That would have helped years ago. They did not inspect cars enough back in the late 70's early 80's and so many people slipped by to seek a better life in the US. Then the border patrol didn't look good enough while people were coming in through the fences ect. If we had more then and now it would be better. I don't think we need the wall. Spend the money on good border patrol.

Answer 4

I think Border Patrol would be better, since they have the full endorsement & law of the United States behind them, while the minutemen have no such power.

Now if they would actually just give funding to Border Patrol, so they could hire more people...

Answer 5

More of both.

The minutemen are volunteers. Tehy only observe and report criminals to the authorities.

Border Patrol catches Criminals.

Too bad the military doesn't conduct training exercises along the border.

Answer 6

Why bother with border patrol if their chief thinks their job is not to catch illegal immigrants or drug runners but only terrorists?

And we hire more border patrol, then Bush shifts 1000 ICE detention agents into customs to inspect grapefruit, as happened this week.

The minutemen are more reliable.
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edit - I'd go with that guy below me's idea. I hear we have a lot of people over in Iraq who would benefit our economy by spending their wages here at home, in any event.

Answer 7

Neither is much of a 'pet'. The Border Collie has a great temperament but most people can't keep one busy enough. The ACD is often a driven, work-only breed. Some like people, some don't, some are very much one-person dogs, and they're pretty well-known for disliking children. Both of these breeds need a JOB to do ... ideally, herding something. If they don't have some sheep or cattle to mind, they'll 'herd' ... you and your kids, and not 'nicely', either.

Answer 8

How about more Border Patrol an 50 thousand USA citizen join the Minuteman an do what our Lilly Gov won't do. Close the border secure>>?

Answer 9

More of both.

But if we really want to get serious, build PARALLEL walls a few yards apart. One wall only might stop 40 to 50% of the traffic. Parallel walls [with nothing between them] might only stop another 10 or 20%, if that. But why build the second wall if you don't intend to take full advantage of it?

Parallel walls with DOGS in between, cameras, guards, barbed wire, etc. This would allow our patrols to act with the utmost decency and humane caution and never miss a beat.

With these in place, I think we could get by with only a few more troops than we have now and cut traffic by over 95%.


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Answer 10

Why do we need less of either? I say more border patrol, more minutemen & throw in the national guard too.

That is one big border to secure and it needs as much protection as we can give it.