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We need to legalize the right of all immigrants to work and
live in our county, as long as they present no danger to
themselves or our citizens. ...Between 2001 and 2006,
almost 2,000 migrants died while trying to sneak into the United
States, according to El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. "We
are supposed to be neighbors and friends, and instead of building bridges
and doors, we're building obstacles."
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Sealing the border is simply not practical, and it would be a very
expensive exercise in futility. Instead of wasting money on border
fences and walls, the nation's leaders need to roll up their sleeves and
start the hard work of crafting a comprehensive economic solution to
immigration issues. It's a complex problem that will not be solved
easily. Building fences and walls is not a solution.
It only creates new barriers.
Fence-building along the border a futile
gesture
Fence out thy neighbor? A bad idea
Connie Clark
Article Last Updated:09/29/2006 08:07:46 PM MDT
I just received a news release from the office of my Congresswoman,
Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo.), announcing proudly that she voted for the
700-mile fence to be erected along our southwest border.
It states that we must construct a "two-layered reinforced" fence and
a border-long "virtual fence" of "cameras, ground sensors and Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles." It stops just short of declaring these fences the triumphant solution
to the problem of illegal immigration.
It sounds more to me like a solution dreamed up by 5-year-olds. Got a
problem with your neighbor? Put up a great big fence. Can't or won't
solve a complex economic, diplomatic, political problem? Remove it from
view! That fence will take care of our issues, once and for all. We
might even wind up worshipping it.
http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_4419501
Earlier this month, the House passed the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which
calls for a 700-mile fence along the southern border, as well as more
surveillance technology, and a study that would look toward Canada to
assess the feasibility of building a ``state-of-the-art infrastructure
security system along the northern international land and maritime
border. "
House Speaker Dennis
Hastert calls the plan ``common sense. " But this is opportunism. The
fence, part of the House's myopic focus on enforcement alone, is a bone
to toss to anxious voters in November.
Do
we need walls, bridges or perhaps just open borders?
.What's desperately
needed are federal policies to solve the
social and economic
problems surrounding
illegal immigration. Fences won't help.
We must confront
the real problems created by NAFTA. We should support the hapless migrants
who are victims of corporate powerplays which have hurt America..
"Tracing the consequences
from our free trade policies explains why so many are
entering the U.S. Building fences, amnesty, guest worker programmes will have
little
effect in stopping them. If we are serious about solving the problem it
necessitates
identifying the root cause: what is driving millions of workers to illegally
cross the
border, what is their incentive? People need money to feed their families. They
need
jobs to make money. Unfortunately in Mexico that is not possible, so they come
to
America looking for work. Why can't they find jobs? Look no further than our
trade
agreements. An additional 19 million Mexicans live in poverty since the pact was
signed
ten-years ago. Writing new agreements with provisions for fair wages including
worker
and human rights would go a long way in solving the problem. More importantly it
will
improve their lives while simultaneously reduce the incentive to enter America
illegally.
It is a win-win proposition. Otherwise the cause-and-effect from our policies
will keep
coming back to haunt us while we build walls and imprison those who arrive in
the US
illegally simply trying to survive.
Mindy Huie
http://www.pbs.org/now/php/quotes.php?quote_date=2006-09-22
A Spiritual Covenant with America
Tikkun, CA - Oct 2, 2006
... And we will solve the immigration issue
...
We seek a world in which open borders are the norm and there is no
fear
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