Though I'm sure we disagree on how immigration policy should be handled, I understand how you feel in your post. I don't know the answer either. I worry about how many people this country can physically sustain. I feel bad for people from 3rd world countries who just want a better life. I agree they are human too and shouldn't be treated like trash. I just don't think we can help everyone when we ourselves are trillions in debt. I do get tired of being called a bigot though for feeling that way. Ultimately I think the true answer lies in other countries changing their cultures to one that brings about the same freedoms we enjoy. Somehow the people of these other countries are going to have rise up and make changes. What we have here didn't come free. We had to fight some major wars and many lives were lost to get us and keep us where we are. Others are going to have to do the same if they want what we have.
Still, the question remains, where do "You" draw the line? How many are too many to handle economically? We have an obligation to help people but, there is only so much you can do. There was a video a year or so back where a guy was using bubble gum balls in big jars to sum up the problem and he did quite well explaining it. It boiled down to the only way we could successfully help the most people in the world is by educating them in their own countries to help themselves.
There is also a cheaper way than the wall. Bring our troops back from countries where they are not wanted and from countries who are not at least paying for us to be there. Take those troops and set up permanent FOB's in states that border Mexico, put up concertina wire (Like already seen) and rotate these units to where they spend at least 6 months before being relieved by the next unit. The rotations would be far and few between for most and we would not be spending anywhere near as much money to rotate units there as we do over seas.
So your solution is to tear down the border wall/fence around SD where all these migrants are & instead have added forces at the border to physically stop them? And won't complain when some are injured or die? And think it's Ok for some of the US people stopping them to be injured or killed?
kay and we could build it and then some. Easy Peasy
Only if we could bring them back from areas of the world we do not need to be in. We are already paying them so, why not use them. Plus, you can train them for border patrol easily. I did some of that before the Gulf war started along some of those berms the Iraqi's built.
I don't think border security can be examined solely from an economic perspective. Not that economics should be ignored either. Fundamentally, you can't have a country if you can't secure the borders. In terms of political stability and preservation of the ideals we hold true, you cannot have a large population of illegal aliens taking up residence in your country. At some point those populations could become large enough that the government no longer has control of certain areas of the country. You can make all the laws you want, but a government cannot arrest millions of people nor can it dictate what people believe and desire. It is very possible to lose the identity of your country simply by letting in significant numbers of people who do not believe the same things you do, or who are uneducated about our political beliefs. I believe diversity of opinion and experiences can be a strength in a lot cases, but in terms of the fundamental political belief system, there is no room for diversity. The concept of individual liberty that this country upholds is far to important to risk it by admitting people that don't share that belief.
Low end wage suppression
