Quote:Securing the border is not going to be accomplished by boots on the ground, or walls, or drones or any other means to physically prevent the crossing. It's only going to be accomplished by eliminating the need for it to be crossed. These people crossing the border are trying to find jobs to make money to feed their families. We need to help Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, et. al. to build their infrastructure to support industrial and commercial growth and eliminate corrupt governments and drug cartels.

 

These countries are 3rd World countries because of government corruption intertwined with illegal activities. This is the problem with illegal immigration into the U.S. Stop the need to leave and you stop illegal immigration.

 

Regards........................the Chiefjag

That'd be a very tough sell, particularly as it relates to Mexico where the stigma (fair or unfair) is that every dollar of aid sent lands in the hands of the cartels. I think you'll have a very hard time selling Americans on the notion that the way to stop illegal immigration is to send money to the countries that people are immigrating from.

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