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I'd line the Rio Grande with a 12-foot fence, topped with razor wire, 100% Israel-style. Checkpoints are the only entry. Then I'd adopt Australia-style immigration laws, and deport anyone who's here illegally. Then I'd push some insane "antiterrorism" legislation through, which would allow illegal aliens seen making a run for the U.S. border from Mexico to be shot for fear of national security.

No unwalled borders, again, checkpoint-only. Illegal aliens who are caught crossing unwalled borders will simply make another run once they're dropped on the Mexican side. If a Mexican truly wishes to migrate to the 'States, they do so through legal, gradual means. Any other "method" lands them back in their home country. Just like everyone else has to go through.

Illegal immigrants who've had children on our side of the border (assuming neither parent is a U.S. citizen) can choose to take their children with them, forfeiting America citizenship for them, or abandon them to the state.

Show some cojones to the Mexican government, and threaten use of economic muscle if they don't quit encouraging people to enter America illegally. Pressure them to acknowledge being either part of the problem, or part of the solution. Make it clear that any answer from them other than "part of the solution" will not be healthy for diplomatic relations, and remind them quite frankly that they need good relations with America. Their economy is already a grassroots-sagging dump.

[This post is proudly 50% sincere, 50% satire. Interpret as you like.]

I agree. They have no business being here if they didn't come through proper channels.

Don't worry about more fences or guards. Instead, how about we put programs into effect that require employers to give illegal aliens FULL wages and FULL benefits. Make the payout equal to any other worker. Give them an equal slice of the pie.

Doesn't take an Einstein to figure out that the demand for Mexican labor will drop like a hot potato after that one. Who will pay the same amount for a worker who has no skills and can't speak the native tongue? wink

*nod* although It'll cost billions, we need more border security, not because of mexicans alone, but because of terrorists.

Here's a mad lib for ya, think of a WMD, a big southern city, and a big number, and play along.
There's prolly parts of the desert you could cross now with a jeep, a canteen, and a [insert WMD here], and show up in [insert big southern city here] and take a few [insert big number here] people with you to hell.

But as for immigration in general, I think we should have unlimited influx of workers that have squeaky clean records. It might not be wonderful for our economy to have more poor people, but at least let's get them to pay taxes.

LOL, that's pretty funny.

I have a solution to the fiscal impact of illegal immagration. I agree to the fact that first generation Mexicans are hard working individuals for the most part. Their not the problem, the problem is every generation after the first. Cause most recent generations s**t on their asses collecting welfare and voting republican just cause their catholics. I mean that can't be good for the economy.

So my solution is to get rid of all forms of socialism. When I say socialism I mean welfare, social security, medicare, and a good number of retarded grants. This means immigrants can't sit on their asses, cause if they do they'll wind up on the streets and/or dead. That's quite an insentive, at least in my opinion it is. And I don't want to here that homeless person arguement, that's bullshit. What really keeps people doing okay (with homes) is a better/well-balanced economy. Not some crack-pot welfare system that has failed to decrease the percentage of homeless people whatsoever.

Now after my solution has been in place for a while we can allow whoever the ******** we want into this country (except terrorists) and not worry about job loss or a weak economy.

Solving terrorism threat is a relatively simple. We stop ******** with them, then they don't hate us anymore. That simple. What people don't get is that terrorists don't hate freedom. That is complete bullshit. Terrorist hate us cause where ******** with their lives when it's really none of our business. Republican and Democratic interventionalist policys have to be stoped.

With those two solutions in place, the US can enjoy a more open border, and not have to worry about it.

Yeah...when it comes to the economy; I have a very Ayn Rand objectivist perspective. domokun domokun domokun

I don't know.. idiocy is spreading through America like the plague.