hipsterdufus said:
Welcome to another episode of "Terribly Bad Analogies" :laughat:
The fence idea seems like an easy solution, but it's not that simple.
1. Did you know that you can cut through a fence? Yes, you actually can, I've seen it done.
2. Did you know that you can actually go over a fence? Yes, you actually can, I've seen it done.
Agreed. The GOP will never go for that. Book it.
So what would you do with the incredible homeless problem this would cause?
The bigger question is, in a post 9/11 world is this the best use of L.E.?
So you're going to use our tax dollars (or charge it I guess) to deport 11 million people?
The border between the US and Mexico is 2000 miles long.
The border between the US and Canada is 4000 miles long. The Pacific Coastline is 7,623 miles long the Atlantic coastline is 2,069 miles long, the Gulf Coast coastline is 1,631 miles long, and that's not even getting into securing the airspace.
Fences are not meant to stop. They only deter, slow-down or dissuade
much like locks on doors. Not every illegal immigrant will want to scale
a razor wire fence. The fence idea, though I too think it's ludicrous, is
window dressing gone mad.
This is a typical knee-jerk approach to border security. I would think
with technology we could more effectively monitor and respond to
illegal entry. Would we catch them all? Probably not but any future
system will have flaws, lapses or holes. As you pointed out, the
border is multiple thousands miles with near infinite porosity now.
As for the airspace, they don't shoot down drug smugglers who are flying
just above wave height, without lights, without transponders and without
flight plans. Do you think we would have the wherewithal to stop
illegal immigrant flights? Post 9/11 or no post 9/11, not a chance.
I'm in complete agreement with you.
I have no definitive answer to the problem but know the fence is not
going to do it.