Posted by
Bill Crawford on Monday, April 27, 2009 9:58:17 PM
I am not a "stop the immigration" guy. In the great Republican civil war on this, I was on the side of Bush and his work program. Illegal immigration is a serious problem, but there are too many hard working legal Hispanics here who do well for us- and by 2004, many of them were getting into the habit of voting Republican, thanks in large part to George W. Bush.
Now look at what we have here. You vacation in Cancun and you put your life in the hands of the Mexican drug cartels. Drug convoys cross the border, often guarded by mercenaries who are off duty Mexican military. Kidnapping in Phoenix is becoming a cottage industry. And now they are being overrun by swine flu.
Enough already. I've seen the light. Build a wall, and shut the border down. I'm not talking about a casual wall, either. I mean a full ought, shoot them on sight wall. This is insanity, and it has to stop.
When the Mexican government shows me it has the wherwithal to stop this craziness, with our help or without, then open it up again. I'm all for free trade, but not when residents of American cities are afraid to walk the streets.