Speaking at a conference in Mexico City, former Secretary of State Colin Powell recognized that building a wall between Mexico and the United States is not the answer to the nation’s immigration “problem”:

“The Berlin Wall did not work perfectly and the wall that the Israelis are putting up is not going to work perfectly,” Powell said. “So, a wall alone is not the answer.”

The Berlin Wall didn’t work “perfectly”? The wall their building in Israel won’t work “perfectly”? Is he kidding? These walls are symbols of oppression, not a less-than-perfect experiment.

Powell also said that immigrants should be given the chance to earn status:

He said U.S. authorities should let many of the estimated 12 million undocumented migrants already in America earn some form of legal status through expanded temporary-worker programs.

“We have to find a way for them to live in dignity and not in fear,” he said.

Via / The Seattle Post Intelligencer