Mexican Official Wants Border Eliminated, page 2

on another board i wont name a long time ago i had suggested creating a wall. a tall wall with lots of barbed wire and land mines and sniper nests and watch towers along the border with plenty of "enter illegally at your own risk" signs, in spanish of course!

but i dont like that idea. in fact i hate it. these are just human beings trying to have a better life for themselves and their families. i commend that but not all of these illegals want to come here and have a better life, some do come here with less than honorable intentions. it'd be great if we could ALL have open borders and everyone got along but that isnt the real world, thats a pipe dream. the truth is we're having to punish people with good intentions, as illegal as they may be according to our laws because other people like to come here illegally and smuggle drugs or commits crimes and then sneak back across the border.

a couple years ago a garbage man in my city doing his job was hit and killed by an illegal. now lets think about this for a minute. yes keeping all illegals out might hurt those just wanting a job or a better way of life but it might have kept him from getting hit and killed. i know this is just one incident but thats a life taken that could have been prevented with better border enforcement.

they're not just walking through desert or wading through the rio grande. no sir! they're tunneling their way in here, they're boating their way in here (chinese illegals come to mind in this case) they're shipping themselves in here and they're flying in here. i dont know what the solution is. i wish i knew. about all i can think of is make them legal citizen and make them hold legitimate jobs. i dont like being "in the system" but i'm not not doing anything for the government to "track me" for.

but i think one step in the right direction is to stop given them incentives to come here illegally. no more welfare or section 8 housing, simply kick them out. i'm sorry they're in dire straits but some of our own people are in their own dire straits and they have more right to "assistance" than illegals do. no more drivers licenses. why do we give a license to a person that isnt even here legally? WTF kind of logic is that? we're rewarding illegals by giving them these things. by tolerating them being here we give the impression that its ok to be here illegally. all those who worked their asses off and jumped their so many governmental hoops just to become a citizen are being slapped in the face every time we allow encourage reward or tolerate people coming here illegally.

imagine how you would feel if you worked your butt off and played by the rules only to see others in your city or even your own neighborhood here illegally being given more than what you get merely because of their ilelgal status. imagine being a naturalized citizen and finding out others who came here illegally have it better off than you and have it off better than you at someone else's expense. imagine how you felt working butt off just to have a job and a place to stay and go to school and be someone just to see someone else being given a free ticket because they're illegal.