Should we just get rid of all international border controls, and instead make everyone in the world have ID?
956879
We should in no way get rid of international borders as there would be a greater breakdown of law and order and they would not be able to keep a check on it. It is only dreamers and not people in the real world who think these things up.
562782
Because of 911, we need to protect ourselves.  You didn't specifiy which border, but I think all borders should be protected by troops. (...all 4)of border police.\nI like the idea someone had of helping our neighboring countries improve their livelihoods so people would prefer to  only visit us.
1126763
Do you really think it's necessary? I don't, I think upholding our freedoms and civil liberties is pretty important, and worth the risk by most people's reckoning, I think the best way to fight terrorism is to have better control on who/what comes and goes in or out of our country, and not to do business with countries that give the money to support that garbage in the first place...oil's an issue in this question, and if more people were cognizant of the relationship between pressure on the throttle and money flowing to countries that support this kind of thing, I'll bet a lot of people would drive a lot slower....but, at the end of the day, there's people that don't like America, for whatever reason, and I'd just as soon see better border controls to keep em out. Including the airports...
902434
I would remove people that like to remove countries from the world. Isn't that the root of the problem?
1175676
Yes it is and I can't stand it. I think we should all be our own country and stay out of others..mind our own business...honestly...I think someone should hit that big red button and fix all the problems in 2 seconds. Wouldn't it make the world so much better?! haha!
676213
I heard that in Australia and US (I think, 2 countries that use ID cards anyway) there is a much higher rate of identity theft, because all someone would need to steal your identity is one card instead of having to go through loads of bills etc. to get all your details. I think it's the most stupid idea and you'll probably end up having to have an ID card to prove who you are in order to get an ID card, or you'll need a passport, driving licence or some other such thing that not everybody has.\n\nThen again if they introduced them and someone stole the identity of someone like the prime minister and got all his money then they'd just see how silly an idea it was.
506619
How can anyone think that having ID cards is a good idea.  Illegal or legal,  Has anything put forth by this administration actually worked? Saved us money? Where's the budget surplus now?  Illegal immigrants a probably the safesegment of the working poor in America right now.  We don't know who they are, they have no phone records.  No property and trackable income.  \n\nDo you think the National Guard will actually be effective in guarding our borders.   The only thing I know is a lot of nobid contracts are going to be given to build fences that wont ever be finished.  \n\nWhat a joke this administration has turned our free thinking?, capatalistic?, Country? into.   We are not any of those anymore!
556175
No, revolutions only bring mayhem and ruin. How about getting rid of Mexico by uniting it with Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and (just for the hell of it) Arizona. It could be called Mexsaldurna! New Mexico could just be Mexico. While we're at it, why not divide North Dakota into Northern Dakota, Northernmost Dakota and The Useless Patch of Land between Northernmost Dakota and Canada. And get rid of upper Michigan. Give it to Canada so we could take that New Brunswick. Next, divide the Carolinas into 23 states, each named Carolina, with minor spelling changes. Also, while I have your attention, we should erase Rhode Island. I don't mean annex it to Massachusetts, I mean erase it. Take a pencil to it, and make a big white space with nothing in it. And do something about Colorado and Wyoming! They look exactly alike in maps, and a square is such a boring shape. Make Wyoming into a triangle, and Colorado into a complex myriagon. Then unify Kansas and Nebraska to form Kanraska, and only let stupid white corn-huskers live there. And, if I could venture out of America for a sec, lets do away with all of these Soviet countries. There are fifteen, but their all so useless, why not make them into four? Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan? Who needs em? Moldova? Make that, new Romania! Now... what were we talking about?
197109
Write about how contacts like this Internet site are changing the nature of national boundaries.  When we can effectively talk to the whole world, make friends everywhere -- even get to know people without even knowing what country they are in -- then the whole idea of being contained by national boundaries is very insubstantial.  True, it still takes physically moving by way of transportation and immigration laws and passports and all that; but the ideas and the contacts that facilitate travel are in place long before a person sets foot outside their own door.  People no longer sit in their wretched conditions and only imagine what the rest of the world has.  They get pictures and sound and stories of the rest of the world, and they want the freedom to go and see and do for themselves.  Tyrants have a tough time these days!
118375
We need to control who enters our country. Illegal immigration results in a lack of control. Though some would like to help as many people out as possible there are limits to the help we can provide. We need to reasonable and sensible with our resources. Via illegal immigration, criminals or terrorists can access our country without our knowledge. In addition, we must insure that people who enter our country are inocculated and have not contracted any infectious diseases. We want to mantain our infrastucture of economics, medical and education needs. With a lack of knowledge of how many people are here and who they are, how can we plan and budget for our needs?\nThink of it like a rescue boat, only so many people can fit before we begin to sink. Plus who would you want in your boat, the murderer or a child?
677578
To some extend I agree with you. There must be an international ethics for everybody to obey. Sue them...
800837
call imigration. It's all you can do, might work might not.
621453
If that's what it takes. all our borders should be secure.
216954
If they really have stopped attacks then credit where it's due.\nDon't think it would make any difference if your borders were 'closed': in fact you'd probably excarebate any potential terrorist situation (ie more frustrated, relatively deprived often oppressed people with no hope at all of relative freedom elsewhere). \nKeep your borders open and moderated, I'd have thought for everyone's benefit.
1082922
Yeahhhh!  Let's be just like Mexico! That's something to aspire to.  I assume your point is that we shouldn't let Mexicans come across our borders because they don't let Americans in.  So basically, you're suggesting that we should adopt the social policies of a THIRD WORLD NATION!!
897222
All these people who support ID cards have never read the small print, it will become compulsory to carry them  as in many other countries with police and other officials being able to demand their production by you.   This mantra that if you 'have nothing to hide you've nothing to fear' is the one of the oldest 'brainwashing' techniques' in the world.  Do you think an ID card will stop terrorism like the London Underground bombings?. Think again.
708719
Yes. \nMaybe we should just stop arming other countries and worry about ourselves.