I hate to soak up all your venom by stating the obvious but Ronald Reagan (a Republican) implimented the last amnesty program for illegal aliens... and several other things that you now spend all of your time blaming only Democrats for.
Everyone should watch this for the facts...
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What we should be doing is working together on the one thing that doesn't cost a fortune, doesn't break up families and still gives businesses the migrant workers that they need.
MAKE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ILLEGALS TO BE EMPLOYED.
That simply is a mandatory workers visa on the same security level as our new passports and a serious fine to any business hiring illegals who don't posses that documentation... something like a first offense $10,000 per person per incident fine and up from there. Make that same valid workers visa a requirement for parents to put their kids in school or receive any type of benefit.
Secondly make our temporary workers visa a process in line with the best interests of our country. In other words easy enough to get to fulfill our needs but with a fairly short term expiration date regulated with a mandatory in person review for renewal or denial every year or maybe two.
Makes a whole lot more sense than some fence. Fences aren't the answer. They cost a fortune and there's too much ground to cover.
I know this first hand because I have In-Laws with a winter home in McAllen, Texas. We go there all the time, and the Rio Grand river that divides McAllen, Texas from Progresso, Mexico in many places is only about 50 yards across. And it's that way all up and down the river. So anyone who can swim 50 yards or has a little blow up pool raft can easily come over anyway.
Plus we'd still have the entire northern border to fence off. Fences this large are a feel good thing because you can look at them. But they're impractical, inefficient and costly to maintain. To many other ways in and as the old saying goes... You build a 20 foot fence... I'll build an 21 foot ladder.
So let's clean up our own business problem on this end and set the stage that way.
The answer is in not being able to work if you don't enter properly.
