Guess what? I’m not going to gripe about this one. I’m not going to bad-mouth President Bush over this. I think if we are going to work on controlling illegal immigration, this is a necessary step, and I don’t see how this infringes on American citizens’ rights. Unless someone can show me good reason to oppose this, I’m buying in to the plan to build a fence between the U.S. and Mexico.
U.S. President George Bush has signed legislation that provides roughly $1.2 billion for fencing and other enhanced security measures along the border with Mexico.
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U.S. President George Bush has signed legislation that provides roughly $1.2 billion for fencing and other enhanced security measures along the border with Mexico.
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The White House had hoped for a wide-raging immigration reform bill. Instead, the U.S. Congress approved money to erect fencing in some of the most porous border areas and added it to legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security.
This is a good start. Of course, my fencing the most porous border areas, initially all we’re doing is pushing those who would enter illegally to find new places to come in. Eventually, for this to be of real value, it needs to be fence running the entire length of the border. Some people call me insensitive or a jerk for suggesting this, but I think we might want to consider getting the East Germans to help with this project.
Senator Kennedy said pushing money for the fence is only a campaign ploy and not a real solution to the problem.
Just in case you thought something good could be done without a Kennedy telling us what’s wrong. True, it’s not a real solution, but it is a start. And I’ll be optimistic (which I’ll grant is unusual for me) and say I expect more work to be done on limiting illegal immigration in the near future.
[tags]Bush authorizes fence for U.S.-Mexico border, Making a run for the border about to get more challenging[/tags]