Neither you, nor Texmaster get my point.
I'm saying that what Napolitano said is only honest. The wall isn't going to completely solve the problem.
Do it. Fine.
True... the wall alone can't fix the problem, and the US - Mexico border is many miles of desert so it also makes patrols difficult... but I mean, motion detectors that would notify people of movement in specific areas would make it alot easier to track down those that cross... or having well defined mine fields acting as a deterrent that would limit the crossing points that can be used...
This is a SERIOUS problem, that SERIOUSLY needs to be fixed RIGHT NOW... (politically speaking "Right now" can mean anywhere from immediately to 6 months or more down the road). Cops are getting killed, farmers are being killed, hell, the cops are litterally OVERWHELMED AND BEGGING the federal government for help.
That help IS NOT COMING!!!! SO, that leaves limited options as to how to handle this increasingly deadly situation.
But, if you don't go further, you're really not doing a damn thing. You're cutting it down, and that's fine. But people are acting like if we don't get that wall up, we're supporting it.
That's not the case.
No, it's not if you 'don't put the wall up' you're supporting it... but the political INACTION on this issue is by that same virtue SUPPORTING the illegals, Obama's people WANT the border problem to get SO BAD that the people give up and tell the government "YOU MUST do something." at which time Obama will say, I'm gonna get tough on this issue and I'm gonna steamroll this immigration bill through the process... the bill will be pre-written of course, some repoublicans will sponsor it (to make it 'bipartisan') NOBODY will read it, and then it gets signed into law, when the people find out the solution to the problem : AMNESTY. Make the 'illegals' LEGAL. Done. Problem solved. Now the illegals become a voting block.
You should look into 'la raza' and 'le reconquista', and what is REALLY GOING ON down there... These people that are invading (aside from the poor families that are just trying to escape mexico because it's pretty much a collapsed state run by thugs, the poor families really are victims in this case, but as a country the US has been far too lenient on illegal immigration for far too long, and it's essentially acted as a steam-valve to prevent the mexican people from taking back their government. Instead, they figure that by following through on "the plan of san diego" (Google that) that they will have a better life.
Why can't anyone - ANYONE - get to the actual root of the issue, instead of focusing on the surface issues?
The actual ROOT of the issue is that we are a beacon of freedom, and we are very generous about who we let move here to BECOME AMERICANS, that desperate people try to get in by any means necessary. Now, if those DESPERATE PEOPLE instead of trying to flee realized that their only option was to fight, then Mexico might learn first hand what freedom is all about.
That said, I'm saddened to admit that MOST american's have FORGOTTEN why freedom is such a fragile jewel in a world most often run by tyrants, and it might not be until freedom is gone that the people realize why freedom is worth fighting for... like those red coat protesters in Thailand... so thirsty for freedom that they are litterally trying to use slingshots against sniper fire.
Is that what you see as the ROOT of the issue?