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Why does no one ever propose this? Replace Homeland Security (or whoever guards the Southern border) and ICE with the National Guard or the Army; all new recruits would be required to protect the border for a period of time. Fortify and secure the border and no one would even think of crossing because even if they get over that wall they will have guns pointing at them from the other side. It worked well for Austria until they joined the Schengen area. I'm not just talking about building a taller wall but complete militarization of the border. It solves your illegal immigration issue for sure and will greatly reduce trafficking of all kinds across the border. What do you Americans think especially those who live near the border?
Be tricky; not sure exactly how Posse Comitatus might apply.
Might get messy too. Military is for killing people and breaking stuff.
Could use the National Guard. Be in conjunction with their monthly training.
Could use the National Guard. Be in conjunction with their monthly training.
I suppose that would pass the legal smell test, since the NG is often used to keep order after disasters... but I'd be opposed if they deployed them without weapons or with unloaded ones, like they did after a couple hurricanes...
A fence, enforcing our current laws and arresting any Americans who employ illegal immigrants would probably suffice. The military is not necessary.
As long as there is a market, there will be drugs.
I'm personally thinking more of a human cargo. It will not get rid of all of them after all you still have the Canadian border for that but it will put a big dent in the cartel's business and the more cartel members arrested (probably shot) the better.
As long as there is a market, there will be drugs.
Be tricky; not sure exactly how Posse Comitatus might apply.
Might get messy too. Military is for killing people and breaking stuff.
I just think we should use our head a bit more. The war on drugs was lost back when Elvis was in charge. This country needs to legalize, tax, have a rehab system, quit throwing pot smokers in prisoners into criminal university. I dont get why we as a country insist on sticking with stuff that dont work, all the time.
Since you are military, do you think soldiers who are state-side or are coming home from a war or non-war theatre can be retrained for all of our borders ?
Why? Sure they could be...but unless we put them arms length apart all the way around the perimeter of the country and armed them well there, all the things we fear would still get into the country. We need to enforce our current laws and build a slightly larger fence than a white picket fence. Then go from there.
The wall means nothing as people will get over it or under it, you need guns on the other side.
How do you know. Prohibition never works if people really want something. Make drugs like alcohol now, regulate it and tax it. The very last people in the world that want drugs decriminalized is drug dealers. It just aint working, why stick with out current program. Think about it, there are literally tons of drugs moved around our country every day.
I'm talking about people, we can't just regulate and tax them.
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