The Unfinished Virtual Border Fence...

The perceptive comments following this exceptional piece by Jeffrey Anderson in the Washington Times on the progress of our Virtual Fence being built along the Mexican border expose the inherent problem: apparently common sense and resolve are not part of the implemented Congressional solution.

The fence is not finished. Still. After three years...not finished. Why not? Well, let the threads ( the comments of interested readers) tell the story.

• There are laws in place to stop the flow of illegal aliens. Congress lacks the backbone to use them. Load them up one bus at a time and send them back. It will take several years but it can be done. You might throw in a member of Congress with every tenth bus. This PC crap has got to stop.

• Well, maybe we can think of it as a jobs bill instead. That'll get it rolling!
  

• It is important to remember those responsible for our border problems are our reps in Congress and the White House not Mexicans. We should retroactively fine all those who have served in elected office who have allowed the current border situation to exist.
  

• Sad reality is our economy is doomed if we keep allowing illegals in. Of course any government who sees "opportunity" in serving as many as possible who have not paid their way and pretends they are merely being compassionate fails to see the enormous damage done in the bigger picture. Entitlements are crippling the United States, not empowering. Just ask anyone who has had to wait 8 hours in the Emergency Room with what turns out to be a major gallbladder attack before being seen simply because the ER is stacked up with little kids with runny noses (and their uninsured non-English speaking parents). This is only ONE major cause of California's economy tanking so hard.

• We don't have this fence problem with Canada...so the problem in Mexico isn't the people so much as it is the country...therefore it would also seem to me that our International agreement with Mexico must change to encourage Mexico to improve its infrastructure and provide a better living for its own people...NAFTA isn't working! You can't offer health care, free housing, welfare checks, and food to "reward" people if they get here...but put a fence up to stop them...where is the logic in any of this?

• The illegal aliens are ALSO responsible for their own behavior. It is illegal for these people to sneak into America; the fact that they pay someone to sneak them in shows they know it is illegal to come to America in the manner they chose. The U.S. Congress is responsible for a less than vigorous border security. If America secured our Southern Border the way Mexico secures their Southern Border (walls, fences and military troops), we would not have 25 Million Mexicans illegally living in America. www.NoPoliticalLemmings.com

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