Comments on: Over 100,000 Protest Immigration Bill https://andysternberg.com/over-100000-protest-immigration-bill/ insights from the digital future Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:27:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Andy Sternberg https://andysternberg.com/over-100000-protest-immigration-bill/#comment-151 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:27:13 +0000 http://www.everythingbetween.com/index.php/2006/03/25/over-100000-protest-immigration-bill/#comment-151 Tired — I agree with you entirely. Very well-said. I have trouble keeping a level of platitude when perusing opposing viewpoints to this issue as — good GOd — I mean, if there are 11 million illegals in this country, how and why does everyone assume they’re from Mexico. Worse yet, is the, needing our borders secure after 9/11 argument when, as far as I know, no terrorist has ever entered the U.S. from our the neighboring country to the South. Cheers.

]]> By: Tired Immigrant https://andysternberg.com/over-100000-protest-immigration-bill/#comment-150 Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:23:10 +0000 http://www.everythingbetween.com/index.php/2006/03/25/over-100000-protest-immigration-bill/#comment-150 Though it may seem counter-intuitive, open immigration is the only way to secure the border.

Today, many american citizens ignore the undocumented status of aliens, becase they assume that those aliens are honest folk who simply want to make a living. If the US lets such folk in legally, with proper documentation, people would know that any other undocumented people are not kosher.

Imagine that no honest person would want to cross into the US illegally. As a consequence, citizens would readily report the few crooks who do. The only way to make the border safe is to allow for a large amounts of well-controlled, legal immigration. The only other way I can think of is to make Mexico the 51st state, and then patrol their — much shorter — southern border.

To my mind, the main change should be to grant amnesty to the 11 million Mexicans who are here, and then allow about 2 million to come over legally every year. The consequence of this will be to make the U.S. a safer place.

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