The $1 Billion Dollar - 700 Mile fence on the Mexican Border and more

[kurto]

If I digested the news story right, Republicans just passed a bill in one of the houses to authorize the building of a 700 mile fence on the mexican border at the cost of 1 billion dollars.

The law also requires voters to have some form of national ID.

Re the fence: If they say it'll cost a billion, it will cost 2-3x that guaranteed. And I don't really know that a fence will do all that much. This seems like a plan that will look to voters like they're doing something while wasting billions that will not work.

Re the photos- The Democrats oppose this. I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding what's going on because I don't quite understand what the objection is. Though haven't I already had to show proof of citizenship when I registered to vote? Wazzup here?

[aheravi]

Did you show driver's license? Some places don't count that as proof of citizenship.

The 2nd sentence in your 3rd paragraph says it all:

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[bkholdem]

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Did you show driver's license? Some places don't count that as proof of citizenship.

The 2nd sentence in your 3rd paragraph says it all:

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This seems like a plan that will look to voters like they're doing something while wasting billions that will not work.

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well we won the war on drugs after spending trillions on that so we might as well do this too as we have a good track record of success...

[ed8383]

I read that they are also considering strip searches in schools. So while children get stripsearched, grandma is getting searched at the airport, and our rights and liberties are being taken away, the borders of america are wide open for any terrorist to come accross.

funny or sad, you decide.

[Copernicus]

labeling a person as "illegal" for simply crossing the border illegally makes me cringe

FYP

[RainDog]

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[Copernicus]

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dont like the law? get it changed.

Racist? typical inability to argue a position without baseless attacks. ...something this forum is not supposed to tolerate.

But to respond to your slur, my son is Latin American, and I am the last person who would be racist against them.

[jman220]

We should build a great wall of america that is visible from space. It will have the positive effect of both deterring illegal immigration, and defending Texas from rampaging Mongolian Hordes.

[Howard Beale]

This issue is very, very big here in Arizona. There is a literal flood of border crossings. Nobody knows how many or their backgrounds. Suppose the number is 1,000,000/year which is pretty conservative
Wiki . If they were all massed on the border and were going to cross on Jan. 1st would you propose doing something about it? I do. If we need/want the immigrants that is fine with me but what's going on now is ridiculous. I'd spend whatever it took on a wall. Once the flood is stopped a sane immigration policy can be worked out.

[Bill Haywood]

Here's how it will work.
They build the fence and please their xenophobic supporters.
Then they please big business with a very generous immigration policy that lets everyone anyway.
And they make some contractors happy too.