Do you think America should lock down the Mexican border?
536886
yes and with land mines
273627
Ironically, Mexico is having a huge fight at its southern border with illegal immigration.  As a matter of fact, the current Kennedy-McCain bill, S-1033, the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act, includes a provision to "establish a program to provide needed equipment, technical assistance, and vehicles to manage, regulate, and patrol the international border between Mexico and Guatemala and between Mexico and Belize."\n\nGo to the link below (the Library of Congress site) and do a search on Senate Bill S.1033.  Look at Subtitle C--International Border Enforcement - SEC. 133. IMPROVING THE SECURITY OF MEXICO'S SOUTHERN BORDER.
1052199
glad you ask me that i think they should secure the border  first and deport all who are here illegal that have broke the laws of the land hell am not getting a free ride .have no problem if they come here legal and don't break our laws .but dam something have to be done about 10 millions peoples coming in .  the schools are over crowded/they have no health care. it go higher/ they don't speak any English.they get here and break all the locals law also /hospital are always full that a problem it just crazy .this is not a race thing god know we are all Americans.it about the sovereignty of this country.
392242
It is not easy to get into this country legally, but most things worth doing are not easy.  As you said no other country, including Mexico, allows free and undeterred migration to their country so why should the USA.  The USA is a major terrorist target and we must KNOW who is coming into our country to protect our people and property from attack. It is about the greater good.  We could open our boarders and allow any and all who want to cross to come in but then how safe would they be after the bombings, gassing and killings started.
981738
gosh now that would be funny, i think there would be a quick turnabout of having a fence! in fact they would drive the mexicans out double quick, greed has no barriers!
389293
I may be silly to treat this as a legitimate question, however:\n\nTheoretically, I'd say let the Mexican's vote on it. I am absolutely certain that those in power would want to stay there and there would be war. However, again theoretically, if that could occur peacefully, and Mexican people wanted it, it might not be a bad idea. We have been able to leverage our natural resources into taking care of our people (and much of the world's overflow) well enough that people are trying to come here illegally in floods our immigration policy has determined to be too overwhelming to assimilate legally.\n\nIf we had all of Mexico's natural resources, I don't see any reason why we couldn't do the same thing there, after which they might be happy with their own land, and we would all love to visit them. \n\nI like Mexicans, when they aren't illegally draining education funds to support multilingual education to the point where it is impossible to educate my own kids to the level I am paying for as a taxpayer. I think they are hard working, have wonderful family values, and are warm people on an individual basis. I wouldn't mind at all being in the same country with them if they brought their natural resources with them so that we could leverage them to pay for the additional population, at an American lifestyle level.\n\nHowever, we went into Iraq with all the best intentions (I hope), and look what happened there. We thought the Kurds and Shiites would magically bond to install a unified government, and never considered that our enemies in the terrorist world would be so threatened they would gather in Iraq to make life for innocent citizens there a living hell.\nI gave my confidence to our government when we went over, assuming they had more information than I did, and I still thing they did what they thought was best. However, when you remove the lid from a pressure cooker, things can blow up.\n\nIn a theoretical world, I think the idea is possible, if the Mexican's wanted it. In the real world, I think we'd better fix our crystal ball before we try to 'fix' someone else's country.\n\nHaving said that, I don't want our lifestyle to become reduced just because it is better than that of our neighbors. I think we need to set a reasonable immigration policy and enforce it. We can only absorb so much and still keep our culture recognizable. Granted that every immigrating group has added flavor to the mix, I don't agree one group should come in here illegally and try to dominate the home culture by their numbers. \n\nI do not speak of race. I am speaking of assimilation. I am also thinking of a balance of immigration which includes other countries besides those physically closest to us. \n\nSorry. Too long.
1052491
I agree with you.  Mexico has programs set up to assist their citizens in coming over the border.  If we cut off all assistance to their country I bet you'd see a different philosophy.  They have grown too accustomed to our dollars.  If we charged a percentage to those wiring money back to Mexico....you'd see changes.  If we tried to charge them for returning their nationals, I think you'd see mobbing in the streets.\n\nActually there are military in Mexico who protect the drug cartel that makes the runs between our countries.....and they are well armed and very dangerous.\n\nWe are dealing with people who want us to play by the "nice" rules while they do as they please....and apparently, get away with it.
199482
Of course not.  What is the point to soverignty if you cannot secure your borders?  If you want to see how it works with open immigration, check out Britain or Canada.\n\nMost people don't realize this, since the Mexican government is always complaining about our immigration enforcement, such as it is, but Mexico has strict border enforcement on the southern border.  You cannot just walk into Mexico from Central America and check into a hospital for free, collect welfare, and cast your votes.  Nevertheless, this is what Mexico demands of us.
968469
NO.\n\nAmnesty does nothing but encourage more people currently in Mexico to come to America.  It sends the message that it's ok if you're "illegal" infact we won't even call you illegal... we'll call you "undocumented" just so we won't hurt your feelings!\n\nWhen almost all Americans agree that we should secure the border by among other things building & improving upon the fence why is it that our politicians in Washington can't seem to get it through their heads?
463087
My opinion is yes.  Canadian Native Americans already have rights of the border, it should be opened up to others too.
385137
The US Should Not Allow\n"FREE ACCESS" (UNAUTHORIZED Entry) To Our Nation \nTo ANYONE At ANYTIME For ANY REASON
770528
Yeah, I think that is extremely hypocritical. I mean, I would take it as a compliment if foreigners came here. I mean, if the Mexicans want to come, then let them. If Americans do not want foriegners coming then help make conditions better in their countries or stop visiting other peoples'.
455103
What can the USA do? I believe there are lots of things to be done. \n\nI believe there should be a negotiation betwen Mexico and the USA, to get the immigration rules rebuild. There is a need to create some new mechanism, so the companies owners can get the labor they need, and the immigrants can get the work they are looking for in a legal way.\n\nI believe our goverment should start working togheter to make that a more secure border, besides of making better rules to our economical relations.\n \nI'm sure Mexico has lots of work to do in that matter, as well. We need to create enougth jobs to compete with the job market, so our conationals can comeback and stay in Mexico, that's why we need to vote very carefully in this elections.
1073574
Personally, I think that the border patrol should just let up - I mean - after all - that border belonged to politicians before the border patrol even came along and STOLE it from them.\n\nPLEASE DAR! Politicians are JUST HUMANS....\n\n(okay, even I can't keep a straight face with that last comment, do you think I'll get struck by lightning for even suggesting politicians are human?)\nI thought it was a funny story too.
142892
Not at all, it shouldn't.\nIn fact, if it's been condemned by European countries, and Canada, Mexico shouln't have any other position about it.\nAltougth, we have to be very carefully about dealing on this matters because the dificulties on the Mexico-USA relation have been having on the last times.
696590
Germany does because it doesnt have to worry about eviromental destructions. We should open the border slowly over time with Mexico and Canada to allow people, goods, semi, cars to go as they come and please.  Mexico got a long way to go before that would occur with the narco lords running border towns, and immigration is bad in Germany because they make it hard for people Outside the EU to become citizens and pratice passive discrimination that is wrong.
614766
OH HELL NO! Never. Mexico govt. would never go for it...they'd lose too much power. U.S. is better off with out them.