http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/protest_80075___article.html/hundreds_wall.html
2007-09-09 09:57:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Brownsville and the whole border for that matter is about 90% (or more) mexican-american
2007-09-09 10:32:43 · update #1
why? it is fencing out family! it is fencing out neighbors we have had for centuries. it is a waste of money. holes will be cut anyway. the fence idea is two hundred years too late! LOL
2007-09-09 13:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I read the article and some local Mexican Americans from Brownsville are against the wall. I don't see where you can say that Texans in general are against it. The country needs to have a secure border. If a wall is the best the government can do than build it.
2007-09-09 10:08:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's not a fence or a wall that can be built to keep people out: fences and walls can be blown up, scaled over, or tunneled under. Building a border fence is just another obscene waste of taxpayers' money.
The government would better spend that money building small "immigration stations" along the border where Mexican residents can legally enter the U.S., be given appropriate paperwork and documents, and register to apply for U.S. citizenship. Immigrants would be expected to obtain gainful, legitimate employment; learn English; enroll their children in school; etablish a permanent U.S. address; and pass a citizenship test within a specified period of time (say two years). Failure to comply - or any violation of any state or federal laws - would result in immediate loss of immigration documentation, and deportation.
In this way, the federal government could control the "illegal" flow of immigrants and still honor our commitment (as etched on the Statue of Liberty at Ellis Island) to welcome the poor and the downtrodden of the world.
These border "immigration stations" could even be miniature replicas of Ellis Island to help symbolize our open and outstretched arms, welcoming all those who wish to come to America and pursue a better life for themselves and their families. -RKO- 09/09/07
2007-09-09 10:08:23 · answer #3 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a border fence would be useless and a waste of resourses,
what is needed is to cut off the reason they are crossing the border to begin with..
and that will never happen..
both sides of the political debate doesnt want to piss off the hispanic vote..
2007-09-09 10:04:13 · answer #4 · answered by pokerfaces55 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's ineffective. I can't fathom how people think a fence will keep unlawful and illegal immigrants finding away across.
2007-09-09 10:02:16 · answer #5 · answered by Glen B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Looks like your a taco short of a combo.
2007-09-09 10:07:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean they don't want to look like Berlin circa 1988? Good for them...
2007-09-09 10:02:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋