Perfect time to blame all of our problems on ... the Mexicans! Never mind that Mexican immigration, "legal" or otherwise has practically dried up, that we have more Border Patrol than ever, even have the National Guards helping out, we already have a 640 mile wall in some areas of this 1,954 mile border that includes some of the most inhospitable deserts in the world like the Sonoran Desert, but Mexicans still must be our biggest problem!
Never mind that most of the work that these immigrants are willing to do lie completely outside of the range of things that "real" Americans are willing to do, and that because of the rules already in place for years, in order to work here (illegally) they have been paying Federal Tax and been contributing to the Social Security System with fake SS Cards, though they will never see a dime back. Those that were born here (are thereby US Citizens) and played by the rules, have faced exclusion by the systems in place when they graduate High School at the very time that they could be giving back to our country some of what we invested in them, we are telling them to leave the country (though we don't seem to have any problem accepting them into our military).
Now, let's secure our borders! Well, if you want to secure our borders, starting with the contiguous United States, putting a wall up along the Mexican border is a poor (but expensive) start. The project to build the wall that has already been built, ground to a halt when it ran out of money.
That's right, I did say that this was a poor "START"! Seems like Republicans have forgotten that this country has more borders than just those with Mexico. I guess we also need a Wall all along the Canadian border (over 4000 miles long). Wait a minute, I think I forgot, who exactly are we trying to keep out with these walls? Oh, that's right, TERRORISTS!! Do you have any idea how many Muslims live North of the Canadian border, not that I'm implying that they are all, or any are Terrorists, though some of these same wall-building people think so? There are plenty, they have large communities in places like Toronto, with over a million immigrants in Canada declaring themselves as Muslims, with additional people out of a possible seven million undeclared people who could also be Muslim (National Household Survey 2011).
But we're not done yet!! Some of our politicians seem to have forgotten that our miles and miles of coastlines are borders too (11,000 to 86,000 miles (depending how you measure it))!! I know, the Coast Guard does an excellent job, but if terrorists can land along Israel's highly militarized and much shorter coastline on a regular basis, what are the odds that we couldn't have Terrorists landing somewhere along our coasts and blending in with our population. So, I guess we need walls along all of our coastlines, Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. How many miles of wall? How much would all this cost? What does this do to our coastlines, our beaches, bays, estuaries, our ability to trade with the World, effects on tourism, property values? Is all or any of this SANE? Building walls all around our country will only put this country inside of a box, with all of us cowering inside, afraid to stick our head out. If we do all this, even though it breaks our country, financially, spiritually and morally, haven't we then just handed the terrorists exactly what they want?
No, you say, this is all about illegal immigration, just give us a Southern Border Wall. Well, this is where the Racism comes in. In the final analysis, if there is no way to justify this grand plan, then Racism is the only explanation remaining.
