Does anyone who lives in a border state think the "fence" is a good idea ?

Question

perhaps I should of said ON the border

Answer 1

Yes. That and guards. And a system to prevent tunnels. And can this fence please be electric? And you know what! Landmines might be good.

Californian

Answer 2

I think it is a fabulous idea.  With machine guns on top too.  

Texan

Answer 3

granted i don't live in a border state so maybe it's not for me to say, but it seems kind of xenophobic to me....

Answer 4

no wasted tax dollars lets build a fence to slow them down lets do a few raids on thier place of work and send some back but lets continue educated housing  and providing medicalbecause it humane but lets not penalize companies who hire them as cheaper labor not penalize housing who provide them housing without proper documents . 1 dollar an hour adds to 14 dollars in mexico americans minimum wage still under 6 dollars an hour how can a man feed a family on that?our goverment truly needs to sit down and come up with a better plan to conserve our nation our country is not safer today than it was 911 i know people who travel back and forth across the border every year to earn money send it back go live off of it and build homes when money run out come back gain employment do it all over again

Answer 5

In its usual reactive stupidity, the government will spend billions of dollars for a 'fence' or a 'wall' - either of which are easily scaled over, blown up, or tunneled under. Within a matter of just a few years, the 'fence' will be in shambles and billions of taxpayers' dollars will have - again - been wasted.

A better idea would be to erect 'Immigration Stations' along the border, when people can enter the U.S. legally, register properly and apply for legal citizenship status. We are a country that supposedly still welcomes the weary, the poor and the downtrodden. Just as we did at Ellis Island, these 'Immigration Stations' would encourage 'aliens' to become legal visitors or citizens. Citizenship requirements would, of course, include that they have a 'sponsor', a job, a permanent address, and a bonafide I.D. card. They would be required to regularly attend citizenship classes, learn our language, enroll their children in school, pay taxes, and obey our laws. If they didn't, they would be deported.

Building 'walls' won't keep people out. It will only encourage more creative ways of them getting in.  -RKO-  06/29/08

Answer 6

What about the Great Lakes? Are they going to put a fence around that so they can't come in by boat?

Answer 7

I live in Arizona; cutting off the job market seems to be doing better at keeping people out than any enforcement at the border does

Answer 8

I live two states north of the border, and they are drifting up here by the thousands.  WE NEED A FENCE!!!!

Answer 9

even more than a fence,

we need enforcement of the LAW

its illegal to hire "undocumented labor"

that is ILLEGAL aliens.

If employers really got busted

and that is SERIOUSLY busted for using illegal labor.

then we would see a reversal of the trend and that is

the illegals would be crossing the boarder in the other direction.

going home where they belong.

Answer 10

i think it is a great idea

Answer 11

yes, i do.

Answer 12

I love the idea. Regardless of what we think it is going up as we speak.

331 miles so far, another 350 before Bush leaves office.

In one of the busiest illegal crossing zones in Arizona the border patrol reports a decrease in crossings of 96% where the fence has been completed.

Answer 13

A fence will not work on our southern border with Mexico.  People go over, through it  or under it all the time.  What is reducing the influx of illegal aliens from the south is the declining US economy.

A line of troops with machine guns every fifty feet would be more effective than a fence..