a wall between mexico an usa will really help us to improve security?
90249
Mexico is not the true problem for US security. The problem that makes the US a target of terrorism is its policies imposed over other countries which clearly violate their sovereign rights. Outside the US, Americans are perceived as people who only care about themselves, their business and their money. A good lot of American policies imposed over other countries have been clearly a violation of the rights of democracy in those countries, just to favor some major US corporations. Bush should be spending more time trying to make peace than invading other countries and attacking other nations because their ways are different than ours.
606722
First, as to the comparison with East and West Germany.  Look at your history, the reason for the fence, and the fact that it divided ONE country into two sections, not a fence between two countries.  If they start to build a fence around Massachusetts, I might get concerned, but living in Texas--  I think a fence is not a bad idea.\n\nNow on to the hilarious question:  No, they'll be too busy digging the tunnel system that goes under the fence.
484219
Well, no... but to be honest the Republicans aren't spending the money to build a large wall to keep Mexicans out because they really believe it will do any good.\n\nThey are making a large fuss and show out of doing it because illegal immigration is a major concern for many Americans, and by taking a symbolic stand against it, however foolish, futile, or useless it may be, they hope to resonate with voters and re-capture a rapidly disintegrating base on an issue they might still be seen as not having completely and utterly screwed up.\n\nRepublicans, and indeed, politicians in general don't do more than they have to secure ports of call because in a country the size of America it's unrealistic to think you can.  There are too many ships, too many people, and far too many packages to do any more than just random inspections or investigate openly suspicious activity.\n\nCan things be smuggled into our country through our ports?  You betcha.  Can they be smuggled in through our borders?  Yup.\n\nCould we bust our butts trying to secure them?  Sure we could.  We could do a halfway decent job at the authorized checkpoints, too... but then it would dawn on a terrorist with money that there are a lot of private docks and moorages in this country, especially for the wealthy who live along the coast.  \n\nIf you have one wealthy individual with his own yacht and a moorage at his estate, all they have to do is sail it out into international waters (which isn't hard since that's ten miles out from our coast... or about an hour's leisurely cruise, and those are very common in yachts), pick up what you want to smuggle in, and sail right back to their estate.  Chances are even if the Coast Guard is on patrol, they won't be caught.  You could also do it with smaller boats dispatched from ships sailing in international waters which land at a pre-arranged stretch of coastline that no one uses, etc... etc... etc...\n\nThis, unfortunately, is a game of cat and mouse where the mouse has a definite advantage.  For everything we can think of to stop an attack, someone else can think of another way to start one.
678341
Canada should build a wall. That'll learn em!
346521
we could outsource it to a mexican construction company...\n\n\noh, and the prisoner idea, forget that, what if we just put all the prisons on the border, wouldn't that make an effective wall?
498633
The US is paying a high price for keeping it's neighbours poor. South Americans go after a "better" future in the US, leaving their families behind, sometimes risking their own lives to get there and once there, they most often are forced to submit themselves to sub human conditions, to work and to live.\n\nFencing the borders is daft and expensive. They should let South America thrive and develop, by removing trading barriers. That way, these Countries could become economically independent and more jobs could be created, reducing the need to emigrate. In the long run, it will prove more effective and economically viable to everyone.\n\nFencing is an expensive short term solution which will never tackle the root of the problem. It wouldn't be long before they find a way through it.
448408
Because we are generally safer than Mexico, and we have a better government than mexico.The USA rules.
589550
nnnnnnnnnnnn no . no what ?\nbuilding a wall is not the solution . let me try to explain so anybody can understand .\n\n1 . by making a wall , Mexicans and others will only find new ways to immigrate to the USA . believe me if there is something Mexicans have is imagination .\n\n2 . by making impossible for them to find a job in the USA the goverment will only cause that more choose to look for jobs under the table and therefor the number of Mexicans who do not pay taxes at work would increase ( i have to let u know that most do pay taxes and never get them back and those who do not are a minimum ) \n\n3 . by allowing them to work legally u would allow them to come out of the shadows and would make easier to capture and to prevent those who hate America to harm it .\n\n\n4 and FINAL . the solution is not a wall . if the American goverment really wants to prevent Mexicans to came ilegaly to the USA \n\na) first they need to accept the ones who are already here ( sendidng them all home would cause Mexico a huge number of people looking for enployment and Mexico would obvioulsy not be capable of producing all this jobs causing Mexico to not be able to produce a single job )\n\nb) second by investing all the money they investing in making a wall into producing more jobs in Mexico . do not forget that Mexico will always be the next country and stoping helping each other would only cause huge problems for both .plus by helping Mexico reduce the gap between both countries will benefic and help USA to face greater problems :\n\n-  terroristm ( an unestable Mexico would not be able to help u stop it if it cross its borders )\n\n-  other economies : huge china and india , the european union \n\n-  atomic potencies : iran ,  north korea , and several others which are not simpatetic to USA \n\n-  global warming : a real problem which needs to be faced today and not when the gas hit 5 dollars and the north and south pole do melt complitely .
682056
wall is a good idea, it keeps all the bad ppl out.
432346
On the contrary.  Haven't you heard, there are plans to build the Great Wall of Mexico.  And as far as the remaining borders, including the Canadian border, the plans are to increase the documentation requirements for traveling across the borders.
585351
Stop? No.\n\nWill the National Guard help at all?  In their present "supporting role", all they will be able to do is count how many illegal border crossers run past them and radio it to the Border Patrol.\n\nWill a wall help? Anecdotal evidence from parts of the border that have walls says that it will reduce the number of crossings but nothing will stop some crossings. Even the Berlin Wall didn't stop people from crossing but the numbers that did make it were really small.  (Please note that I am not saying that we need to make our southern border like the Berlin Wall, I am merely pointing out that no wall is 100% crossing proof but they do cut down on the easy crossings).
781611
My best guess would be that Canada and Mexico at least will listen, rather than dictate. Wasn't a bad question until you added the last part, bigger fences don't make for better neighbours, the Canada/U.S. border has been an example for the rest of the world to strive for. The Mexico/U.S. border could be as well if current laws were enforced. 'Nuff said
337081
I had heard that at one time, USA had thoughts of taking in Mexico but with all the poverty it would have just gotten USA too much in the hole.\n\nBut it all does sounds like a good idea.  Would be nice if we all could just be like one & help each other and have no wars.  God bless.  <><
378967
A wall,No. But a 20ft eletrifed fence with constintine wire\nand under ground sensors along with u.s. Military  Yes, it would work.
798167
Your thesis needs to be arguable,  such as Better border defenses will curb illegal immigration,  or Better border defenses will not curb illegal immigration or The government needs to inact better immigration laws to help those people who legally want to immigrate to the US or The US needs to use whatever means necessary to control immigration.  That way you can add in legislation, border defenses etc.
658860
A wall would be fine with me....if things keep going and nothing gets done I predict there will be violence in the next couple of years,oh wait there has been violence,illegals raping and murdering our citizens,people seem to forget,like what happened to that little girl in FL at the hands of an illegal mexican.Its just a matter of time before people start to turn violent on illegals
862941
The 'immigrant wall'?\n\nThey are talking about a two to three layer fence in urban areas to make it less easy to dash across in groups and scatter through yards.  In other areas where the concern is more the drug runner sort, it will be vehicle barriers.  In other areas there will be cameras, sensors and unmanned drone aircraft feeding information to border patrol.\n\nFrankly, this last should also cut down on people dying in the desert, though I certainly wouldn't want to count on it.