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| LA County Sheriff Calls For Bigger Fence On Mexican Border |
| 2005-07-25 |
| A giant fence running along the Mexican border -- similar to the one being constructed around Israel -- could help reduce the threat of domestic terrorism, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Friday. "They have a big fence, and it works," Baca told a gathering of the Los Angeles County Lincoln Club, a group of politically conservative Republicans. "The fences we have down on the border don't work." Israel's fence, still under construction, is as high as 25 feet in some areas. It is constructed of barbed wire, electrified metal and concrete, and contains watchtowers and sniper posts. "What's wrong with that?" Baca said of building a similar one along the Mexican border. The sheriff also complained that the federal government lacks the political will to stop illegal immigration, which he said puts U.S. security at risk and leads to overcrowded jails and overtaxed public resources. "What we need is a national movement for a constitutional amendment on the security of the American border," Baca said. "We're not being prejudiced, we just want people to come here legally." He said the United States helped contribute to the tide of illegal immigration when it began granting amnesty to refugees fleeing civil wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador during the 1980s. As a tide of Central American political refugees moved north, Baca said, they helped accelerate the influx of Mexicans into the United States fleeing poverty. Businesses and consumers have come to tolerate the tide of illegal immigration, he said, because it provides a pool of cheap labor that keeps down the cost of goods and services. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #8 Create a mile-wide strip of radioactive glass, followed by a 40-yard minefield. The mines should be set to blow people BACK onto the radioactive strip. Border crossings would drop drastically, but probably not to zero. Of course, the ones that made it across would be sterile, so the problem would resolve itself. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2005-07-25 22:46 |
| #7 Not a bigger fence - TWO fences. No rules in between (open season, anything that moves, no license required.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2005-07-25 20:33 |
| #6 RJ shows the way for a peaceful and beautiful border region. I will volunteer my famous detours and tunnels expertise. |
| Posted by: Wiley the C 2005-07-25 16:39 |
| #5 rotflmao. How sennnnsitive. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-07-25 13:17 |
| #4 A fence is politically a hot-issue. Again I would suggest a different tact. I suggest a giant stone "mural" over 25 feet high and 10 feet thick that stretches from San Diego to the Texas Gulf coast. This grand art project could be paid for out of the National Endowment for the Arts budget and would serve to beautify the deserts of the Southwest with culturally sensative murals and art and graffiti. A prize could be given out for the best works along the "mural". Judges could patrol along the top of the 'mural' to ensure no foreign artists try to cheat and join the competition. That is how the ancient Chinese tamed the wild artists of Mongolia long ago and their great 'mural' still serves as a toursist attraction to this day. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-07-25 13:14 |
| #3 LLL and MSM seathing in 3....2.... |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-25 13:04 |
| #2 Lee Baca, who is also Hispanic... I voted for him. He sometimes really shows his nouggas... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-25 13:03 |
| #1 Is that Baca or Vaca? Has he got horns? |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-07-25 12:59 |