Yes, 100 % of them are criminals, but I understand what you're referring to. Illegal entry is just the gateway crime, just like oxycodone is a gateway drug. Once you've done it, it's easier to progress to more potent acts.Facts exist that show illegals commit more crime than citizens do.
. . .Democrats are greedy, but greedy enough to grant an amnesty purely for the millions of free new voters they could get?
I don't specifically direct this to any particular race, but the illegals do seem to be coming largely from below the border. I lived in Phoenix for 5 years, till '07, and I can tell you that there is a legitimate concern among residents regarding auto theft, drug sales, prostitution, overcrowded emergency rooms, things being written in Spanish everywhere, et cetera. There does seem to be some (confusion?) between AZ residents and the US government. Whether that will ever end is unknown. What IS known is that there is a lot of country down there that is basically barren of buildings and houses, and that the cartels know just where to come from. As far as just plinking away at them, well, that is just asking for many innocents to be slaughtered. And, frankly, they do not appear to have much respect for the law. If they did, why smuggle drugs?! This seems to require national response, and I too fear that it will take some sort of major event to perk national interest. Such an event will not likely favor any legal citizens. It may seem silly to actually BUILD a gigantic wall of some sort, but if that's what it takes, well...favor the legitimate citizens, regardless of race. USA, all the way!
East Germany did a heck-of-a-job walling off the west.
My father is from the former state of Pomerania, Germany which is now part of Poland due to war reparations.
He and his family escaped from the Russian sector into the British sector of Berlin when it had concertina wire and sandbags before the wall. A lot of Germans made dashes across the border despite that a lot of Germans were shot by Russian machine guns. After the wall went up, the defections dribbled down to almost zero, with the occasional high drama affair that made the news.
Even regular shootings on the border by Russian army machine gun nests did not deter people from attempting to escape a bad environment for one that promised freedom and prosperity.
A wall did.
My beef is not with those crossing the border as much as it is with the corrupt and crime-driven Mexican government. Mexico has every opportunity in the world to provide jobs to its people. It has a willing labor force (who have to migrate to work), thousands of miles of beachfront property, beautiful mountains, oil reserves etc., everything a country needs to be productive with a thriving middle, and upper middle class.
I really don't know what their problem is....
They are pretty good at blaming the US for their problems though.![]()