who is for or against the border lockdown?
546302
Mami Chula - why do your people keep having children that you cannot afford?  The fact that you do that is not the fault or responsibility of me and all the other citizens of the USA.  Please, now that you know so much more, go back to your country and spread the word about contraception and what causes babies - give your people some of the education that you have gained and really make a difference in their lives.\n\nAsker:  I am with you - for legals and against illegals.  If you want to come to the US of A, do it the right way.  If you are here illegally, leave and apply through the lawful channels.  You will feel so much better about yourself, believe me!  And your children will also feel so much better about you and will be able to feel pride in themselves.  Do it for yourselves and for your children.
623941
We have to secure both of our borders and do a better job with human intelligence in both Canada and Mexico. It isn't enough to improve our control of access -- some will invariably get through. We also have to know who is trying and for what purpose. For that, we need more effective human intelligence.
335347
People will take the path of least resistance.  \n\nIs it easier to A) Start a revolution or B) cross the border illegally?  \n\nYou make the choice.
389188
Apparently Mexico does on its southern border what it does not want the US to do on its southern border.  Mexico's stance is two-faced. What the US needs is a policy that mandates shooting anyone attempting to enter the US illegally.
216954
If they really have stopped attacks then credit where it's due.\nDon't think it would make any difference if your borders were 'closed': in fact you'd probably excarebate any potential terrorist situation (ie more frustrated, relatively deprived often oppressed people with no hope at all of relative freedom elsewhere). \nKeep your borders open and moderated, I'd have thought for everyone's benefit.
740112
According to what the media tells us all people that were born more than 50 years ago were all foolish drunks ,wife beaters, etc(especially the founding fathers and all whites in general) \nSince it's obvious the media is on crack I"d say Orwell would support closing the borders.
899128
The military should ship them all back from where they came from, and guard the borders.\n\nThey don't know who is crossing the borders from Mexico or Canada.  They could be terrorists.\n\nBring the troops home to take care of our own country.
630051
If anything the minutemen are making the job of the border patrol easier. i dont think that the idea to leak information  came from the border patrol. my guess is that it came from politicians that want hispanic votes and the pressure tricked down to the border patrol.
512309
Your question is, I think, why those politicians who claim that the Mexican border should be closed because of national security issues (instead of immigration issues) are not equally as concerned with the Canadian border?\n\nThe answer is complex, but I think that the main answer is that the "national security" rationalization for tightening the Mexican border is just an excuse. No would-be terrorist with half a brain would endanger a terrorist project that he and his cohorts have been working on for years by trying to cross the border from Mexico. That's preposterous. All the 9-11 operatives gained access into the country legally. Why not just slip through the Canadian border unnoticed? Or more effectively, why not just send over the guys who can get through our borders legally, or through legal borders with false documentation? The routes of entry are endless.\n\nAt the rate we're creating terrorists thanks to our mockery of a "war for democracy" in Iraq and the numerous human rights abuses our government has been engaging in, coupled with our self-serving, hypocritical, and uneven foreign policy in the Middle East, there's no reason that Islamic extremists wishing to wreak havoc in the U.S. should have to sneak across any borders to get here. There are so many of them by now, that surely Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups can recruit them easily and find easy legal ways to get them into the country without having to resort to illegal Mexican-American border crossings or other such nonsense. It's simply a matter of time.
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.
665903
Where Exactly Is The Border Secure??\nThe Whole Border Is Open
560684
No. It's the present!\n\nThat article was written poorly!  After reading it three times, I still haven't figured out if it's the American police or Mexican police!   Anyways, it doesn't matter regarding your question.  It sounds like one criminal group is fighting another for an illegal smuggling route.  What does the immigration law have to do with that? \n\nBreaking the law is just that!  We are finally trying to enforce some of our immigration laws. Our Southern border is our weakest link in our national security. It's about time we're doing something about it!
1068201
I do not support illegal IMMIGRATION.\nI support AMNESTY for the illegals in the country right now.\nI want illegal immigration stopped for good.I can not believe they left the friggin borders open.
1019056
Pajaronegro...take a hike. Republicans rule and although I dont agree with having vigilantes guarding our borders the time has come where someone had to do it...since our government is playing politics with the illegal immigration issue.  The problem is not immigration per se; the problem is illegal immigration... Get it? Illegal immigration! Vuela lejos pajaronegro!
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
404876
I am sure the Welsh people here in the USA are not here illegally.  Really what kind of question is that.  Most people are not saying we should close our boarders to all immigrants.  We are saying that immigrants need to use our immigration policies and procedures to come to the USA.  It is a matter of national security.  If an illegal day laborer from Mexico City can simply walk into this country so can a terrorist.
319599
I'm against it because, realistically, they will not go home.  I say deport ALL ILLEGALS.