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Bush Will Pass Border Fence Act on Thursday

On Thursday, George Bush will put into law the Border Fence Act. The act is intended to tighten up security along the U.S.-Mexico border. It will provide federal funding for half of a 700 mile section of fencing. However, the Editor of this article,Lou Dobbs, feels that this is a good start, but not nearly enough. I too feel that the government funding half of this 700 mile segment cannot be viewed as a solution to our problems. This is even more true when you take into consideration the fact that 2000 miles of the border still need to be fenced. I cannot believe the the lack of determination to stop the problem of illegal immigration. Our country cannot afford to be wasting its money putting up with the problems that illegal imigratoin brings to the surface. It is a waste of revenue that could be put towards reducing our national debt, providing more public services, or helping poorer countries. One of the things that makes me angry about illegal immigration is that if we didn't have to worry about it, we would have more money to be able to help the countries that the illegal immigrants are coming from. It is just a huge snowball effect. The more illegal immigration, the worse our economy, the less help we can give to other countries, and the more those countries suffer. So, in order to get things back on track, and improve lives for everyone, illegal immigration needs to be stopped. Now, I do not think that the Mexicans are going to stop coming to America on their own, so more needs to be done by us to keep them from immigrating illegaly.

posted by Anonymous @ 10/25/2006 07:22:00 PM