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Originally Posted by Yahoshua
Yes you can shut down the southern border (barb-wire, armed patrols and a quick detection/response team system). It all depends on whether people are willing to go through with this or not. And the way things are going, U.S. citizens are going to start doing the shooting to get things done because they're fed up with the inaction of the federal and state governments on the issue.
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People are not willing to go through with this, certainly not pay for what is required. And what is required to shut down the entire border goes far beyond barbed wire, armed agents, and quick response. I'm pretty sure we do all three of these already. And politicians are only willing to do the bare minimum to get reelected. So I suppose, yes, in fantasy world it is possible.
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I know several people who are more than willing to shoot any illegal they catch crossing their land, and I wouldn't be surprised if they haven't already killed a few.
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Cool. It isn't going to be a well regulated militia that solves this problem, though. Americans can't even be bothered to vote regularly.
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And the only way that the mexicans will lose interest in coming north is for mexico to fix itself, and that really isn't our responsibility, it's the responsibility of the mexican people to do that.
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I'll keep this thread on topic and not argue this point to its fullest. But I will say that I think the stability of our next door neighbors is VERY important (say, more important than another certain place), as it is for any other country in the world. Lest we want to end up fixing it when things go completely to $hit.
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