News, Fixing the Border Is a Nonstop Job. (illegal immigrants, prison, Mexico)

[JD59]

EL PASO, Texas - Every day, Eddie Lujan and fellow members of his Border Patrol welding team go out and fix holes cut in a 12-mile border fence the night before by illegal immigrants sneaking across from Mexico.

Then he and the others get up the next day and do it all over again.

"It's disheartening," said Lujan, a Border Patrol agent. "It's frustrating."

Given the never-ending task faced by Lujan and others like him, some wonder how the U.S. government will ever manage to maintain the fence it wants to build along a large portion of the 2,100-mile border.

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[lilypad]

Our Border Patrol agents are not allowed to take any real action against the illegals pouring over, for fear of being sent to prison. So, they are kept busy "mending fences". What a waste of manpower.

[Hawkeye48]

Originally Posted by John1960

Given the never-ending task faced by Lujan and others like him, some wonder how the U.S. government will ever manage to maintain the fence it wants to build along a large portion of the 2,100-mile border.

It would be easy to maintain the fence if only Bush actually wanted to secure the border. Just place the army on the border. About a hundred-thousand troops should do it. Put them down there with orders to defend this nation by any means necessary.

[MOHIllbillyWoman]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye48

It would be easy to maintain the fence if only Bush actually wanted to secure the border. Just place the army on the border. About a hundred-thousand troops should do it. Put them down there with orders to defend this nation by any means necessary.

You got that right. But of course, there are those that live in our country that think there is nothing wrong with anyone illegally immigrating into any country they choose at any given time. Those people need to have their citizenship taken from them when they get caught helping illegals and then send them to whatever country they would like to go.

[bily4]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye48

It would be easy to maintain the fence if only Bush actually wanted to secure the border. Just place the army on the border. About a hundred-thousand troops should do it. Put them down there with orders to defend this nation by any means necessary.

Last I checked the army was a little bit occupied.

[MOHIllbillyWoman]

Originally Posted by bily4

Last I checked the army was a little bit occupied.

That is ok. We could deputize American citiuzens to do exactly what many of us have been doing for years, patrol the border.