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Originally Posted by escorpio
I'm not arguing with the "but it's ILLEGAL!" argument. That's a simple truth. Now let's take a look at why it's happening and what can be done about it. That's where it gets complex. You can sit and whine "but it's ILLEGAL!" and make harsh laws and penalties and you will not be successful at stopping it as long as you have economic disparity of that magnitude between neighboring countries.
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This is where I disagree... a more secure border will stop the vast majority of them from entering and if the few that do manage to get past that border face harsher penalties, that would undoubtedly deter even more of them.
Right now how many attempts to cross the border are successful? I have no idea, but for the sake of arguement let's say 90% of the people that try succeed. If the border is secured and that drops from 90% to let's say 1%, many will simply stop trying. Even more will stop trying if the penalties are harsher.
The logistics of the above can be viewed as simply or as complex as you want, however the concept itself is very simple - secure the border and increase the penalties.
It's so simple in fact that even those so called "rednecks" that you like to post pictures of are doing it with a volunteer group. Just imagine how easy it would be with proper funding.
None of this addresses the economic disparity you mentioned, however that is just not our problem. That is a problem that Mexico must address itself and if it needs US help to solve that problem, and the US stands to benefit from it in some way, then so be it... but the USA shouldn't be expected to bail them out at the expense of the taxpayers just to get the illegals to stop breaking the law, that's tantamount to extortion and most Americans do not and will not support it.