Border fence Options

[cmac]

for psycho and impala
Go!

[impala454]

Just two questions:

1. Which is easier to cross? Flat land, or a fence?

2. In an extremely general sense, do you ever think Mexico could/will become a more desireable country to live in than the United States?

[Psykopath]

Just two questions:

1. Which is easier to cross? Flat land, or a fence?

2. In an extremely general sense, do you ever think Mexico could/will become a more desirable country to live in than the United States?

1.) Guess they'll have to find one of those massive gaps of flat land to cross...or just spend an extra 6 or so minutes on the IMPENETRABLE WALL OF AMURRRICA!!!

2.) ...Wow, talk about a loaded question.
I'll humor you. Yes, Mexico could become A desirable country to live in (in that classic "general" sense). Not "more so" though...I'm fond of my home country. I don't think we are, as a people, better than everyone else in the world. But much of what we do, possess, espouse, and namely preach is desirable to many others the world over. A lot of that can be seen as goals for a Democracy. Goals which other nations can use as examples to build on and adapt to their cultures, or what have you.
Anyways, the goal isn't to make Mexico into another America-lite, just fix it up to something more desirable to them.

[impala454]

1.) Guess they'll have to find one of those massive gaps of flat land to cross...or just spend an extra 6 or so minutes on the IMPENETRABLE WALL OF AMURRRICA!!!

Yeah... people out walking "just" have to go 50-100 miles the other way. No big deal. And the idea of a wall isn't to be impenetrable. Just a deterrent. Honestly, if they're going to break in, I'd rather it at the very least be the ones who have the drive and determination, and shred of ingenuity to defeat the deterrent.

2.) ...Wow, talk about a loaded question.
I'll humor you. Yes, Mexico could become A desirable country to live in (in that classic "general" sense). Not "more so" though...I'm fond of my home country. I don't think we are, as a people, better than everyone else in the world. But much of what we do, possess, espouse, and namely preach is desirable to many others the world over. A lot of that can be seen as goals for a Democracy. Goals which other nations can use as examples to build on and adapt to their cultures, or what have you.
Anyways, the goal isn't to make Mexico into another America-lite, just fix it up to something more desirable to them.

Hey man do I ever ask a question that's not loaded? I'm sure Mexico could become a more desirable place to live. But I highly doubt (short of some massive attack/natural disaster/etc) it would ever be enough to even slow down, much less reverse the flow of immigrants.

IMHO, there's no real way to round up 13 million people and send them anywhere. I don't believe they should all just get a free pass though. Perhaps some type of guarantee that they can receive proper paperwork (not citizenship) to be legally here, but that they have to work, limit the amount of children they're allowed to have, the amount of money they're allowed to send out of the country, and allow them to eventually go through the expense and process of becoming citizens.

The main thing though is securing the border in some way. If we just have open borders and anyone who wants can come in, the problem just gets worse.