VivirLatino

Why is the fence so offensive? Seriously, I'm just trying to understand. Would it be better if the U.S. also placed a fence along the Canadian border?

What is the best way to handle immigration? Do you think illegal immigrants should be given citizenship? Is this fair to legal immigrants?
Also, doesn't Mexico have stringent anti illegal immigration procedures against Central Americans.

The immigration system is broken, but an open borders policy doesn't make sense for any nation. So-called illegals are human beings who move because of poverty. That's understandable. Wouldn't a guest workers policy be better along with a strong anti-corruption and economic growth package for the lands from which illegals come?

Immigration aside, shouldn't a nation have the right to protect its borders? Given the fears of 9/11 wouldn't it make sense for the U.S. to increase border patrols both north and south and along the coasts?

I'm all for the fence. Why? Because Mexico has proven itself to be a very bad neighbor. Not only will we stop the flow of illegal aliens but the drug trade will take a huge hit too. Why wouldn't every American (of any nationality/creed/race/religion/ethnicity), including those of us who are "latinos" be in favor of securing our homeland?

My father, a naturalized citizen from Latin America served for 8 years for this country during the Korean War. We have tens of thousands of troops securing the northern border of South Korea to protect it from N. Korea. We have troops all over the world helping other nations protect their borders. Why not the protect our own? It should have been done on 9/12/01. We wouldn't be dealing with mostof the problems regarding illegal immigration, crime, the drug trade that we do now if our President would've secured the borders five years ago. If he or the Democrats are serious about homeland security, the Pres. could issue an Excecutive Order tomorrow and get tropps stationed at the border until the fence is built. Demand it!

I do think the phrase "homeland" should retired from the American lexicon since it's becoming the equivalent of terms like "motherland" and "fatherland" for its creepiness. When I first heard its use, I thought of all of the creepy nationalists from movies about Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia.

"Homeland" just sounds so un-American. A phrase created by cryptolinguists to beguile Americans into accepting very un-American thinking

there will always be away(legal/illegal) to enter this or any other country. I think of homeland security like "Network Security", it is impossble to completely lock it down and you end up just wasting time and money. It is best to think of other ways to help deter illegal imigration, that hopefully won't cost much to the tax payers.