Can a wall staunch illegal immigration?
I had thought that the immigration reform measures passed earlier this month by the U.S. House were well short of what’s needed to stem the tide of illegal immigration. But one of those measures is the erection of another 700 miles of fence along the border in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas; reaction from the advocates of unlawful entry — “just complete fear and shock” — is encouraging. When you doubt whether your shaft has hit its target, listen for the screams.
And then there’s this endorsement:
Fernando Robledo, 42, of the western state of Zacatecas, says the proposals could stem migration and disrupt families by breaking cross-border ties. [Emphasis added.]
Okie, dokie.
Finally, lest we take the matter too seriously, a little comic relief from Luis Ernesto Derbez, foreign secretary to Mexican President Vicente Fox:
“Mexico is not going to bear, it is not going to permit, and it will not allow a stupid thing like this wall,” Derbez said.
Isn’t Luis cute? He’s going to huff and puff until he blows our house down, the sexy little bastard. Don’t you just want to pinch his cheeks?
The irony, of course, is that were Mexico powerful and prosperous enough to make credible threats, her people wouldn’t be exiting by the millions and the wall wouldn’t be necessary.
(Thanks to Polipundit.)
Ah, but did you see what one Mexican citizen whose son and mother are in the US said?
My post on the matter
This is one of those subjects where I go from 0 to ballistic in 8 seconds. If you don’t have a controllable border, you don’t have a country. The arrogance of the Mexicans is amazing, matched only by the supine culo-kissing of the American power structures. Can you imagine if millions of Americans marched into Mexico without permission??!!! They’d call it an invasion…and they’d be right.