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[matthews_world]

[Ya-ta Boy]

It sounds more like the Great Wall of China than the Berlin Wall, both in size and purpose.

If the US really wants to control immigration, then start punishing employers who hire illegals. They exploit desperate people for private financial gain, and to hell with the country.

Linking it to terrorism is just slimy.

[Tiger Beer]

The best thing the United States could do for Mexico is start investing and building up their economy.

If Mexico has a healthy economy, then Mexicans themselves would be just as happy to work there and be around their family, friends, everything else.

Most Mexicans don't necessarily want to be living and working in the US away from their families, but because of simple economics, they must.

Building a wall seems to be an extremely costly aggressive option for dealing with a problem that is actually an economic one.

[Dan The Chainsawman]

Illegal immigration is practically the lifeblood of some southwestern states for cheap labor. However, I see no problem with erecting a wall that will secure our national interests. Many spots along the border have long been subjected to acts of violence from the Mexican border. Securing our country from potential violence seems like a wise decision to me. However, I do question a massive wall being the best way to go. Will a wall simply provide more targets for those interested in inflicting violence?

Investing in the Mexican economy is a good solution. Providing the governmental infrastructure is sound. I would have no problem with investing in Mexico. As a country some of my more memorable childhood memories stem from my time spent in Mexico. Yet the Mexican government so rife with corruption makes it a daunting proposition to invest in the country.

No easy solutions come to mind, but cleaning up our own house with those who harbor illegal workers seems like a smart choice. Building a wall would undoubtably solve the problem, but with that it also raises the specter of a expense of building, maintaining, and patroling a massive coast to coast catastrophe waiting to happen.

[Ya-ta Boy]

I think a wall is an expensive cheap-shot. We want your labor but we don't want you.

If it's really about terrorists, what is to stop a suicide bomber from walking across the border from Canada? That border is longer and just as easy to cross. Maybe easier. It strikes me they are using terrorism as an excuse to play the race card for the support of the racists (who would support them anyway) while pretending it is to prevent terrorism. I don't buy it.

I said it before, if the government is serious about controlling immigration then they would seriously fine employers who break the law. That is not going to happen.

The reason it isn't going to happen is because employers want cheap labor. If immigration is controlled, then the law of supply and demand goes into action and wages go up. Capitalism is a lot less popular with the capitalists when it favors the workers.

[matthews_world]

There is talk about giving guest worker permits to select aliens renewable after 12 months.

The problem is that we are too self-serving to lower ourselves to work in low-paying restaurant and housekeeping jobs. Mexicans are some of the hardest working people I've ever encountered, but there are the exceptions.

[OiGirl]

[desultude]

[dulouz]

I'd really like to see employers get busted, like having the whole business seized. I'd also like to see public service ads on TV about illegal immigration they way I see ads for "Drug Free America". That would be all day in whatever media I read.

Mexican labor adds nothing or little to The US economy. We don't need more food worker as we are too fat aleady and we don't "need" maids. Illegal immigration is also about free public services like healthcare and education. Its called "La Pinata". Mexicans like free schools but its that having to go to school part and studying they don't like. Mexicans really don't do well in school although that's part of the get a btter life excuse they site so often.

Helping the Mexican economy is a non start. That would involve monopoly economic policies and that by itself would cause problems but the Mexicans would interpret it as "get it free becuase they have to" and it would be abused. Further, you'd have to skim off 30% of all the cash for routine bribes and kickbacks, then another 30% due to stubborness mentioned earlier and the effort would fail by half.

Economic development would mean forcing trade items made in China to be made in Mexico in factories there. Is that what you are thinking?

[desultude]

[dulouz]

Why is my position unreasonable? Americans are very obese and low food prices help in that way. Mexicans work in the agriculture-food industry at low wages and that translates into prices that makes Americans want to consume even when they aren't hungry. No, thier help won't be missed after the food Jones wears off.

[Hollywoodaction]

[desultude]

[OiGirl]

[The Hammer]

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