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Add to FavoritesIt took decades to tear down the Berlin Wall, an aberration in European history.
We,the greatest democracy on the planet, the driving force behind the World Trade Organization, is contemplating erecting the great wall of America!
The mere sound of these words, The Great Wall of America, makes me shiver clear through my bones!
Barricading ourselves behind walls, in underground bunkers or behind fences are ancient methods of protecting ourselves from invasions, political differences, religious animosity, separating the good from the bad, according to our unique, selfish and fearful view of the humans on the other side of the wall.
The democracy in the US is unique in the sense that it was created by immigrants from all over the world. Have we become a private club, whose members have decided they could no longer afford additional members? Have we become so blase that we have forgotten our origins, or too scared to allow the rest of the world to participate in a true democracy?
The mere thought of a Wall separating the US from Mexico is the proof that our revered and publicized democracy is in great danger. Isolationism is a recurring trend in all countries, sooner or later, once the populace, driven by regressionist politicians, are fed daily doses of doomsday threatening their livelihoods and their peace, from illegal immigrants to terrorists, communists, socialists.
A country needs to make a choice, a choice according to its origins, its beliefs and its form of political ideology. A capitalistic democracy cannot build a wall, it is a contradiction to its modus operandi. A wall erected on any of the US borders will send a signal to the world that the dreams of our forefathers and the pillars of the United States of America have just been a dream, no longer a reality.
It will jeopardize our credibility as a member of the WTO, it will jeopardize our aim to influence the rest of the world in adopting democracy as a form of government, negating decades of wars, political turmoil and all diplomatic efforts to bring the democratic ideology to the rest of the world.
Ronald Reagan is remembered for his famous words, "Tear Down The Wall".
Our history of bringing democracy and peace to other countries, the price paid by millions of lost American lives in the name of an ideology we hold so dear, would have all be in vain.
We can not and we will not build a wall around the United States of America, just because our politicians and government are betraying the spirit of the Land of the Free and the Land of the Brave.
The world needs to tear down all its walls, all its borders, we are dependent on each other for economical reasons alone, also we need to work together to save our planet for ecological reasons and our mere survival, a wall is never going to solve our problems in the long run, it is just a political joke to appease the fears of the people and gain some much needed votes for the politicians feeding on our ignorance of the state of world today.
As a citizen of the greatest democracy in the world I expect our leaders to reconsider their simple minded choices, invest more thought in their problem solving of any issue and deliver a sound intelligent solution, worth the democratic values we represent and fought for and the ideology of our forefathers
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Yes, the United States should definitely employ border fences, patrolling and other measures to secure its borders. It is a matter of maintaining its sovereignty and national security.
America is the only country in the world where anybody can just walk in to the country and the local law enforcement authorities doesn't have any right to check anyone's legality to remain in the country. Go to any country in the world and one service that the governments do to the citizens is to make sure that it does not allow anyone to arrive without permission and cause harm to the citizens physically or economically.
For the record, I am not against immigration. I do believe in creating provisions for temporary workers to be allowed into the country through special visas. There should be a way to regulate the flow of people in and out of the country. The cost of this can be made up easily by bringing the hordes of illegal workers into the tax umbrella. There are around 13 million illegal immigrants in this country who are earn money and yet pay no taxes. Yet they use a lot of facilities that are paid off by the taxpayers, whether it is the road that they drive on or health care or the schools that they send their children to. The only way to end this free-ride is to get them ways to become legal and force employers to hire only legal workers by strong enforcement tactics.
Coming back to the main issue, let me ask you a quick question. Have anyone of you thought about how good is the border security in Mexico? Well, other than from certain neighboring countries, the border security measures in Mexico is pretty slack and anybody can get into Mexico pretty easily. So are we trusting Mexican authorities with our national security? They have other things to worry about. If you are wondering how the border security of Mexico affects our national security, let me explain.
Think about this: once in Mexico, anyone can pay the Coyotes to get themselves easily into the United States. If anybody seriously think that the Coyotes are going to check the people against the US Terror Watch List before letting them cross the border, they are pathetically delusional. So in essence, we are trusting the Coyotes with the National Security of the United States of America.
One argument that we see against the strengthening of the borders is that no terrorist has come that way yet. OK, let us wait till a bunch of them arrive and blow up half of America before we can start doing something about it. When it comes to national security and saving people's lives, we cannot take chances. I am not advocating to deport all the illegal immigrants. But, what we should do is to round up every one of them, let them go through a background check, and give proper documentation to the people who are harmless and are worthy. Throw away the dangerous elements, be them gang members or drug traffickers or terrorists. And secure the border to make sure that they do not come back.
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