[quote]ephrem wrote:
…land of the free, with walls surrounding it and men with guns to greet you. Has it really come to this? [/quote]
I sure hope so.
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…so, a police officer can’t ask for i.d.? He must have a reasonable cause? [/quote]
They can ask, but there is no law saying you have to carry I.D. Police officers have been barred from inquiring about citizenship status. Thankfully, that is going to change. In California, 1 in 5 prisoners in our prisons are illegal aliens.
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…and still they come, no matter the cost or risk involved. Closing off the borders is the only solution you see?[/quote]
We haven’t tried it yet, you still don’t get it. We’ve never had strong border enforcement.
What don’t you get about them immigrating legally?
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…in 2006 Europe had over half a million illegal immigrants coming in. Since it is impossible to prevent them from entering the mainland, legislators asked themselves why they come. As a result they tried to aid African nations to improve living conditions locally so that people don’t feel compelled to flee. That can also be part of a solution…[/quote]
Wow… poor ALL OF EUROPE had a mere 500,000 illegals. My STATE has 3,000,000.
Are you actually suggesting that America has done nothing to aid Mexico or even Africa for that matter. That was a really silly insinuation of yours.
I can guarantee you that our financial aid to impoverished countries is much greater than that of the Netherlands. Aid not just from the government but from private citizens. Are you aware of how much money, private and government, that the US sends out across the world?
So you tell me, do you have 600,000 illegal immigrants in the Netherlands? Immigrants that are not crossing a sea but are walking across an unenforced border? You do not have a grasp of the problem.