There seems to be at least two camps when it comes to what to do about our Southern border. Here is my position.
Before we jump into a discussion about the two camps above, we first need to discuss our objective. Remember that if we don't agree on an objective, there is little use about discussing the subject further? My objective is to keep illegal immigrants out! Simple as it should be. The problem with many of the ideas put forward is that they "don't" keep illegal immigrants out. If that is the case, why don't we just stop talking about them and wasting all that Oxigen?
For some reason, may of us have been conditioned to believe that "catching" or "arresting" a bad guy is the solution. If some bad guy kills your child, "catching" or "arresting" them is clearly not the solution. It won't get your kid back and it will not prevent bad guys from killing other parents kids. Are you starting to see that things that help "catch" or "arrest" the bad guys is not a solution just like catching and arresting illegal immigrants who have crossed out border is not a solution?
The only real solution is to "prevent" illegal immigrants from coming across the border in the first place. Is it any different with the bad guy killing your child? No! Look at how most technology works. It helps the border patrol "catch" or "arrest" illegal immigrants who have already crossed our border. What do we do with them now that we have caught them? We give them food and let them remain in the country until our expensive and lengthy legal process plays out. We are talking about years. What if during that time they have a child or don't show up for their legal hearing? The bottom line is that 99% will remain here forever. Are you starting to see that more technology is not the solution? We have to keep them out in the first place and that means some kind of wall that they can't get across. Real simple isn't it?
Out legal system is based on "fear of punishment" and it works most of the time to keep illegal activities to a low and acceptable level. What if we are dealing with a person or groups of people who have no fear of punishment? Our current system does not work! In the case of most illegal immigrants, our punishment is not as bad as the conditions that they are trying to leave. If that is the case, our system will never work. The fact is that the conditions in the USA are better then 99% of the countries around the world. What we need to do is to make the punishment for illegally trying to immigrate into the USA "worse" than the conditions from where the illegal immigrants came from. Are you ready to do that? Well, I am. I am willing to go so far as to require people who want to come here for asylum to be neutered, If they are not willing to go along with that, then conditions back home must not be all that bad. In most cases the reason that things are so bad back home is due to their over breeding like a bunch of cats and dogs.
It seems clear that if you agree with my objective that the wall is the only real solution. Given our legal system, if they ever get across our border, they are almost home free. Let's stop all this BS and just get on with building the wall. China did it a few thousand years ago and it worked then just like it will work now.
PS--Try this example. There is a silver dollar on a wood stove and you want to make sure that no one picks up the silver dollar. If the stove is cool, you can be sure that you will lose your silver dollar, so you have to heat up the stove. How hot does the stove have to be to keep people from taking your silver dollar? It has to be hot enough so that it is not worth the person burning their hand just for the silver dollar. Isn't this exactly what we need to do to keep people from illegally crossing our Southern border? Let's make it hotter!
Before we jump into a discussion about the two camps above, we first need to discuss our objective. Remember that if we don't agree on an objective, there is little use about discussing the subject further? My objective is to keep illegal immigrants out! Simple as it should be. The problem with many of the ideas put forward is that they "don't" keep illegal immigrants out. If that is the case, why don't we just stop talking about them and wasting all that Oxigen?
For some reason, may of us have been conditioned to believe that "catching" or "arresting" a bad guy is the solution. If some bad guy kills your child, "catching" or "arresting" them is clearly not the solution. It won't get your kid back and it will not prevent bad guys from killing other parents kids. Are you starting to see that things that help "catch" or "arrest" the bad guys is not a solution just like catching and arresting illegal immigrants who have crossed out border is not a solution?
The only real solution is to "prevent" illegal immigrants from coming across the border in the first place. Is it any different with the bad guy killing your child? No! Look at how most technology works. It helps the border patrol "catch" or "arrest" illegal immigrants who have already crossed our border. What do we do with them now that we have caught them? We give them food and let them remain in the country until our expensive and lengthy legal process plays out. We are talking about years. What if during that time they have a child or don't show up for their legal hearing? The bottom line is that 99% will remain here forever. Are you starting to see that more technology is not the solution? We have to keep them out in the first place and that means some kind of wall that they can't get across. Real simple isn't it?
Out legal system is based on "fear of punishment" and it works most of the time to keep illegal activities to a low and acceptable level. What if we are dealing with a person or groups of people who have no fear of punishment? Our current system does not work! In the case of most illegal immigrants, our punishment is not as bad as the conditions that they are trying to leave. If that is the case, our system will never work. The fact is that the conditions in the USA are better then 99% of the countries around the world. What we need to do is to make the punishment for illegally trying to immigrate into the USA "worse" than the conditions from where the illegal immigrants came from. Are you ready to do that? Well, I am. I am willing to go so far as to require people who want to come here for asylum to be neutered, If they are not willing to go along with that, then conditions back home must not be all that bad. In most cases the reason that things are so bad back home is due to their over breeding like a bunch of cats and dogs.
It seems clear that if you agree with my objective that the wall is the only real solution. Given our legal system, if they ever get across our border, they are almost home free. Let's stop all this BS and just get on with building the wall. China did it a few thousand years ago and it worked then just like it will work now.
PS--Try this example. There is a silver dollar on a wood stove and you want to make sure that no one picks up the silver dollar. If the stove is cool, you can be sure that you will lose your silver dollar, so you have to heat up the stove. How hot does the stove have to be to keep people from taking your silver dollar? It has to be hot enough so that it is not worth the person burning their hand just for the silver dollar. Isn't this exactly what we need to do to keep people from illegally crossing our Southern border? Let's make it hotter!
