What does this say about the sad state of our immigration system?

Question

On CNN last week, it was reported that one of the problems with building The Fence on our Southern border, is that immigrants are STEALING the materials being used to build The Fence at night. Apparently, watch men and canines are not enough as the construction materials used to build The Fence continue to dissapear in the middle of the night. The police are unsure as to what the immigrants are using the stolen materials for, but apparently, this has been going on for months.

What does this say about the sad state of our immigration system?

Answer 1

the watch men or women need night vision sniper rifles to just shoot to kill.

Answer 2

To answer your question., This should be a call for the national guard.. maybe they should  shoot and ask question later..I am not saying kill anybody, But shooting their gun into the air, to let the thieves know they mean business.  sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. If that don't work. then do what ever you have to do to keep America safe.

Answer 3

Well, the UK is just as bad. Went into a shop near me yesterday and most of the stock in the shop had Polish Labels and language on them. That tells a tale.

Answer 4

i just find the whole wall thing ridicules, what is this Berlin?

Answer 5

if we want to get serious about protecting our country,i can see no other alternative but to sprinkle around land mines.this i feel would be better then a fence.yes there are those ugly un-foreseen consequence's,but the pros out way the cons.

Answer 6

What can you say.  Well...  better they are there stealing than in my neighbor hood stealing and murdering while the peddle dope.  

DOPE?  Could it be the constructions guys are getting a little extra pay in there?

Answer 7

It says even more about the class of people hanging out South of the border looking for their way into America.

Maybe they're not just looking for work but whatever they can carry off to pawn.

Answer 8

It says that the law enforcement professionals are not doing their jobs.

Answer 9

They're probably using the stolen materials to reinforce the structure of the tunnels they're digging under the border. Hilarious irony.

I'd say that until you have people with night vision goggles/binoculars posted on a little tower every mile or so to guarantee that the entire area is surveyed visually 24/7, then not much can be done about it. And of course the Border Patrol does not have the funding or even the manpower to do that.

A geostationary satellite with an infrared camera could also do the job just fine and feed ground staff with real-time information on what's going on. A squad could then be dispatched rapidly to the "affected" area and resolve the problem. Again that is well beyond the funding that can be allocated for that.