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Originally Posted by CDSmith
Incorrect.
The goal of such a wall would really be to force everyone who wants into the US to go through proper channels and checkpoints. You know, like they already do and have been doing for decades at airports, seaports, and existing border crossings. It's not about keeping people out at all. It's about a reduction in the illegal immigrant problem, something every country has a right to.
I have to say that I hate the notion of a wall though. Far too many parallels to Belin. Germany never had a 'gator moat' though, which has a certain appeal. Get them from the Everglades and you'd solve two problems in one shot.
I kid. Or do I? :D
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The vast majority of us go through proper channels and checkpoints. I have a passport; The US knows every time I leave the country and when I return. Putting a wall up will not change this because the vast majority of us will still have to go through the same legal crossings.
As for the parallels to the Berlin Wall... I don't see it at all. It's the direct opposite. People were willing to risk their lives to leave East Germany because they wanted to leave. At the same time people are willing to risk their lives to come to the US. The Berlin Wall was a sign of failure; Our wall is a sign of our success.
Europe is going to start seeing the same problems in the near future. Come see me in forty years when they no longer speak French in France.