(11-20-2014 11:46 AM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(11-20-2014 11:38 AM)gdunn Wrote:  Here's what you're looking at Mach.. You got about 1,989 miles of border to try and protect. If you put a chain link fence up, you'll have to man up to check the fence, make repairs, round up people, etc.

You could construct a huge wall of mortar, but there's ways around that as well..

Rounding up illegal immigrants isn't cost feasible either.. Because you have to round them up, place them somewhere, check to make sure they aren't in the country legally and if they are prepare for a lawsuit, then deport. Then you have to make sure the borders are secure to ensure it doesn't happen again.

If the feds would allow the state and local authorities who have been begging for years for the authority to enforce the laws the chance to do it it quickly becomes a lot more feasible.

In no way do I want to empower people who shrug their shoulders when a no knock raid goes pear shaped or treat SWAT teams as a board in Call of Duty this kind of authority. If illegals are caught via a felony offense, sure deport them. But otherwise I'm fine with illegals living in the US as residents, not citizens.