How would most of you solve our financial and  border patrol problems? The Canadian Border and Mexican border?
341670
I'd say the House Bill is a good start...strengthening the punishment for illegally crossing our boarders may set examples out of these criminals.  This bill also increases the penalties against those who aid these criminals and anyone who hires them.  Once you hit employers in the pocketbooks, they will listen.  The only thing is that we need to do is enforce the law...to my knowledge, this bill doesn't really change any immigration law, just strengthens the penalty for the crime.
799373
How about a 50-state consensus on immigration enforcment, instead? Write your local legislators today, and ask that cohesive \nand effective national border/immigration policy be established, and enforce to that standard...
373465
SHIP THEM ALL BACK!!! We need to get all of our soldiers back over here so they can take care of our border issues!
1169426
Good Job!  We all know it's not about that, but I am very impressed with your work.  I would like to point one other thing out - if you go back even further, mexico, usa, and canada would have to go back to asia - from 35,000 years ago.  We all lose.  I'd like to see whoever thinks they win that boobie prize rally together for that.\n\nWould you sell your house and go back 160 years later, with no connection to it, and demand it be returned to you?  Mexico was paid 25 million dollars, for two transactions, in the mid 1800's for that land.\n\nThey are like a nieghbor that comes to your house and steals your car keys and you cathc them and they demand it's their right for you to hand over your car - because they are Mexican.\n\nGive me a break.  The more you look into the issue the more truth will come out.  The ignorant are the ones that won't even look at the issue and just put you down.  You could hand then a white hankerchief and they'd swear you duped them it's black.
549434
put up a wall?\n\nwho do you think will build it?\n\ndont freak out over the border so much, there are just immagrant workers who want to make enough money to eat and live a decent life.\n\nas for the "murderers and terrorists' croossing the mexican border\n\nthe terrorists responsible  for 9/11 crossed the canadian border. where there are barely any gaurds, besides a little toll-booth-like-box that checks out "suspicious" cars
275592
yeah, border patrol. ;-)
717645
they should close the border regardless. it's our side of the line, we can do wtf we want with it, and anyone who has a problem with securing our border can go to the other side of the border and live there and do all the drugs they want and do donkey shows and drink tequila. i could be mistaken, but i thought the whole point of securing the border was to keep terrorists from coming up through mexico.
1151487
Stop the leaks you can;\n Close all immigration till we work out our own problems. \n Fine and jail those who hire (just like selling liquor too minors-many will obey the best they  can if they know there is a stiff penalty).\n Deport and fine (if they have money on them) always.\n No benefits to Illegals-none not even school\n And yes get very tough at crossings since nice didn't work.
181004
just fly to mexico and cross the border ;)
1100045
I don't know about the Border Patrol, however, I am dead certain that big business and Bush want to leave a 'hole in the fence'.  That is why they keep pooh-pooh ing barriers at the border.  Those would remain even when public attention is elsewhere, whereas staffing could drop easily over time.
756912
You ask too much of the common Mexican my friend.\nThe age of heroism, of courage and love of country is now dead. It has been replaced by cowardice, despair, political correctness and "me-myself and my 40 relatives" mentality.\n\nYou Yanks have yourselves to blame as well. \nYou had so many years to establish a clear-cut immigration policy and strict border enforcement, yet the attention has only started coming in recently (1980s), by which time the mentality of "no-borders, freedom to come and go and do whatever to any country" has already taken deep roots in Mexico and in other places from which these illegals come from.\n\nIt isnt too late to change this... but the cost of doing it late will not be cheap, and the reformation of Mexico (given the long-entrenched elite and local cowardice I mentioned in other postings) will be both costly and bloody. \n\nIt isnt the laws or the borders or rules that need to change, rather its the people and the attitudes they have. Change that... and your problem will be one step closer to being solved.
428923
Bush isn't going a good job on anything, let along border security.  Did you know the Oregon boarder is protected by all of three state troopers?  I met one last summer when I was camping.  And keeping Mexicans out isn't 'border' protection, neither is locking up Canada.  Its being a jerk and trying to push another issue.  He's doing much less than what the media and he shows to the public when it comes to actual homeland security.
957434
I didn't read your link (sorry, no time) but, I know when dealing with human beings and politics you have to deal with the worst and be politically correct.\n\nI've made my case here dozens of times, there is nothing wrong with the way border security is organized. They simply do not have the resources to do it all. Building a fence is not the answer, it's a waste of dollars.\n\nFrom all ports of entry, the desert borders, the northern border and by air, customs and border patrol need more people and technology to carry out their assignments.
968059
How about that we are trying to fix the syptoms and not going to the true source of the problem. WE can spend billions for ever and ever and the problem will still be there. Wouldn`t it be smarter and cheaper to go straight to the FACT of why are these people coming here ?? ANSWER:: they are not happy and able to provide a good living for there families in Mexico (lets tell the truth about 99% of the people we are talking about ) Why don`t we HELP Mexico give their people a better chance to make a good living (and not by moving our jobs there)I`m sure if given a choice their people wouldn`t want to leave their families and come here if they could prosper in their own country... It might cost us some money at first for many years even but it would be better than FOREVER battling this problem that will never truely be fixed othrewise.Then the problems with the other illegals would be(dealing in a much smaller group of people) easier to deal with and could be more of an organized prosses.Instead of having to keep track of 3 million people it might could be 3 thousand.
1126253
Not until the illegal immigration issue is satisfied, no. They should find 100 billion in the annual budget and slash it all clear to put the money into immigration/border patrol until the borders are secure and we've sent a message to the south and around the world that america's not 'easy pickin's for em...
664773
Some Nat. Guard on the borders, but probably not enough to make a statement...because Mexico is our friend.  Fines for illegals and worker programs.  You didn't miss much.
501879
I wasn't either. Doesn't border patrol apply to the Canadian border? I mean there is more than just Mexico.