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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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It's safer for everyone to have at least some type of control over borders. Things like smuggling go both ways, and is harmful to people on both sides of the border. (For example American guns being smuggled into Mexico and Narcotics being smuggled into the US.)
edited 21st May '18 10:11:25 PM by megaeliz
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I don't know, you never know when Canada's going to pull a fast one on us.
edited 21st May '18 9:04:54 PM by Protagonist506
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That said, the actual immigration problem we've got is people coming from overseas letting visas expire. It's not really a land border problem.
edited 21st May '18 9:05:52 PM by M84
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Only problem is that Mexico isn't willing to go along with our Skewer the Eagle plan.
edited 21st May '18 9:07:05 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
x5 While I can't speak for Mexico, I know for a fact America's Drug and Gang problems come from the terrible War on Drugs and Pharmaceutical Laws. If we ended the former (at least federally, with possession and transportation) and worked on the latter, that would solve a lot of problems in this field. Heck, it would severely weaken MS-13's, and the other Gangs, power in the USA (if not outright destroyed them).
edited 21st May '18 9:09:36 PM by DingoWalley1
the best way to do that would be to make immigrating legally easier, I think. Anyway the birthrate in America is declining heavily, and we could benefit an influx from immigration.
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Yes, that would be ideal.
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And that's another reason why Trump's wall is such a dumb idea.
What is the solution to that though, I wonder?
edited 21st May '18 9:33:38 PM by megaeliz
The thing that's always gotten me about the wall is that it's been known for years it would be totally inefficient at actually stopping people from getting through.
And I know on most issues that Republicans don't care about reality, but when it comes to making things harder for immigrants, I'd figure they'd actually care more about substance than style.
http://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-backlash-barack-michelle-obama-deal-conservatives-2018-5
Not sure if I can put this here, but Netflix is getting boycotts because of the Obamas getting a deal with them.
A liberal show which devotes an episode to saying Islamophobia is only something done by idiots.
A show which has a gender non-conforming child accepted by his parents as well as encouraged to continue displaying that attitude.
And a mixed race grandchild who goes uncommented on.
Also, the "waterboarding" joke is about holding a teenager under the faucet. An action condemned by the character played by....Sarah Gilbert.
edited 22nd May '18 2:46:09 AM by CharlesPhipps
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.

I have a real problem with this line of thinking, personally; Our Borders are secure. No country, especially our neighbors, are threatening to invade us for any parcel of our land. Borders are not created by people randomly moving from one spot to another; Borders are created by legal agreements between governing bodies that recognize said governing bodies control over areas of land and sea.
To me, 'Secure our Border' is feeling more and more like more Know-Nothing Racism being disguised as 'proper speech', just like 'Law and Order' and 'MS-13 are Animals'.
edited 21st May '18 9:04:14 PM by DingoWalley1