WHY do people only watch the mexican border?
458300
Because the Coast Guard is in Iraq.
1016145
Being from Texas, I've been aware of this issue for at least a decade. What's amazing to me is how some people can't see the difference between legal and illegal. They keep yapping about how racist it is to want to guard the U.S. border. They're obviously clueless as to what this constant invasion will mean to the future of the U.S. \nBut it has opened my eyes to how much our elected politicians do not want to stop the invasion.
1165339
The ones you see hopping over fences are not usually in the desert areas, they are near San Diego, etc.  and you see the pathetic things they call 'fences' meant to stop them.  \n\nWe need real border security.  And they need to use their strength to fix their own country.
802807
I agree.  If people in this country would only open up their eyes, and their cold hearts and realize what the truth about this situation is, they may be surprised.  This country just passed a law to build up a wall between America and Mexico, yet we are the same ones who preached to bring down the old wall between West and East Berlin.  The fear then was that poor people would flood in and take jobs from the people in West Berlin, but did that happen?  I suppose not, seeing as how that wall has stayed down.  People don't seem to care that many of these people really do come here for a better life.  These are people with children and loved ones here, just like everyone else, yet those children get looked away from because their daddy, or mommy, or both, are here "illegally".  How can it be illegal to do what you have to to make a good life for your family, to feed your children, and give them a good future...?  Why is it that 10 or 15 years ago there were just as many illegal immigrants here, and yet no one seemed to care until now?  Just about 20 years ago, the President of our country, then President Reagan, in a famous speech, told the leader of the communist world " Tear down that wall".  Won't it be a little bit embarrasing when the leader from another country tells us, the land of the free, to tear down our wall???
299372
They shouldn't.This country is not overcrowded.Even if the whole country of Mexico came over they would still be a minority.This country needs them.Ppl are scared because this country and countries all over the world are changing.There is nothing anyone can do about it.Sorry guys.
64073
The Earth, this country included, was, is, and will be based on the migration of people.  I think that it is rediculous to keep people from moving about the planet. And I think it is rediculous to build a wall to keep people off of land that, though you think belongs to you, does not belong to you.\n\nNo - a wall should not be built along the US/Mexico border.
558375
If you want to know come see for yourself. Its just one big joke. You can drive or walk or fly right through the Arizona/Mexico border at will.
691973
cuz no matter how smart americans are and how much advanced technology they have , this current issue has got off their hands and control by a group of indocumented , uneducated (i mean some don´t even get to study elementary school )and non english speaker group of ppl lol, Eventhou it is not only mexicans the borderline is, indeed they focus in mexico....
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Great question. I live in the Rio Grande Valley, Most and I do mean MOST of the Mexican's whether illegal, or legal, or just here for a visit(lol) are driving around on the same streets and highways as the rest of us, they seem to cause most of the accidents, hit and runs, vehicular manslaughter, etc. yet the are allowed to drive around in vehicles that first of all cannot not pass state and federal inspections, are not registered, and most of all not Insured. Why are they getting away with it?? If I tried, I would be fined, jailed, or whatever. They are putting me and my family and every other law abiding citizens lives in danger every time they get behind to wheel with their kids jumping all around the car and over the seats, hanging out the windows, music blaring, talking on the phone, while they are eating, not paying attention to stops, school zones, lights, slowing traffic, or anything else happening around them. It makes me sick!!! And who pays for it when they cause an accident?? You and Me!!! \nSorry to ramble, this is a touchy subject with me.  Have a great day!!!!
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The borders are actually very secure.  The real problem there is smugglers, whether of drugs, other goods, or people.  They are very creative, and always have been.  Here in the northwest corner of Washington we are fortunate in that all the border agencies, the DEA, local police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have an unheard-of level of cooperation.\n\nFor instance, Canadian authorities were watching certain suspicious characters and learned that they were digging a tunnel under the border (a short distance from a border crossing!) and placed a simple phone call to our side.  They were allowed to complete the tunnel; we bugged it with electronic devices, and once the DEA had identifed the smugglers' contacts, swooped down and arrested them all.  In another incident, Border Patrol cameras spotted three men exiting a van and walking across the border.  They called the RCMP and the Mounties caught the three men, who were carrying diamonds, $100,000 cash and some 41 handguns.  We picked up the van and its driver.\n\nAnd the one terrorist who tried the border here thought a sleepy ferry crossing was just the ticket.  He fooled nobody and was arrested after a short chase.  (This was that Ressam character.)  He is still in prison.\n\nBefore 9/11 the United States had been working toward borders that were open to most of the world.  We were even letting people from certain countries like the U.K. come in with basic identification, not even visas.  And of course the borders with Canada and Mexico had been unpatrolled by the military for decades (bases on the border were from older eras, particularly those on the Canadian border).  In the Northeast there are many communities which straddle the border and people think nothing of going from one side to the other.  Customs officials are not too concerned about small purchases by ordinary people, and NAFTA was sweeping away a lot of customs duties among the U.S., Canada and Mexico.\n\nThe only real difficulty with open borders here is the immigration problem with Mexico.  The root of the problem is poverty and it is a regional problem (Mexico faces the same immigration difficulties on her southern border), requiring a regional solution.  However, the Republican Party is traditionally loath to tackle poverty directly - they really are the party of the arrogant rich - and the Democrats rarely have workable solutions (the Marshall Plan is a major exception, and please note that George C. Marshall was not really a  politician).\n\nAs for legal immigrants, I think they deserve some breaks, especially since a new amnesty program for illegals has been mooted.\n\nI haven't said much about terrorists here.  That is because they aren't exploiting the open borders.  The borders may be open, but they are watched and guarded.  No, terrorists are exploiting what isn't carefully watched, and that is "the rules."  Every single one of the 9/11 terrorists, and the previous attackers of the World Trade Center too, had a vaild passport.  All had obtained visas or green cards: where they got away with it was in avoiding the follow-up procedures.  They, and half of all illegal immigrants besides, simply overstayed their visas and ignored the reporting requirements (I remember the government used to pay for TV messages advising aliens that they had to send in their address information every January 1).  And they were allowed to get away with it!  On the border, the government is doing its job.  Once inside the border, the government isn't.\n\nMost of the border security measures being proposed will have the effect of closing the open borders and stifling both trade and tourism, especially casual visits that generate a heck of a lot of money on both sides of either border.  They will not have any effect on terrorists and little on smugglers and illegal immigrants.  Increased vigilance helps, and improving cargo inspection methods will help too.  But we need to be addressing th
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I think it probably depends more on where you live, as to how you feel about it. Most people closer to the border, our fellow Americans, aren't to happy with ILLEGAL immigration. Always remember to say legal or illegal, that is the issue, not immigration.
179222
The Minutemen believe that the rule of law should be upheld.  And if the government isn't fulfilling their half of the socialcompact (as Madison, Jay, and Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers) they are doing their part to help the Border Patrol find lawbreakers in the form of those crossing the border illegally (whether drugsmuggler or illegal aliens).
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To keep the mexicans from jumpin the border to the U.S
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.
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It's a phenomenon called "drive by media".\n\nThe media has the attention span of a gnat and can not focus on one story for too long.\n\nThey just randonly "drive by" and let fly with a hail of "bullets" about some subject and then it's off to the next story.\n\nBTW, it was not correctly called an immigration issue since it really concerns just the ILLEGAL immigrants and not ALL immigrants. \n\nI think most people are for legally allowing people to come into the country. \n\nI said most people.
509575
Mexico is very strict about their native citizens having everything, and the foriegners having nothing. As much as they complain saying America doesn't need a border control, and they critisize us for deporting.. If you tried going over the Mexican border, especially from the south, you would more than likely go to prison. If you tried to run away, you would probably get shot. Mexico is very critical on US policies, yet their policies are MUCH worse than ours.\n\nHowever, back to Mexico.. They are strict like that simply because they love their citizens. I.E. they hate American policies.. Why? Because they want their former citizens, or some even still their citizens to recieve the best. They are probably simply doing it because they care about their people.
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It's mainly Mexicans. Due to the fact we share a large border with Mexico, there are constantly people crossing legally and illegally. The problem is that the coyotes have ways of getting them across, they probably have connections with border patrol.