Walter Hinteler wrote:Foxfyre wrote:
The Berlin wall was not erected to keep lawbreakers out.l The wall was erected to keep people from leaving. That is definitely not a problem in the USA.
That's how we see it and what it most certainly was.
The problem is that the country, which built that fences/wall, gave a different reason.
The difference is that unless they being processed for a crime already committed, anybody is free to leave the USA anytime they want. (And I earnestly encourage those who think America sucks to do so.)
Our problem is not that people want to leave the USA. The problem is that given a choice, millions upon millions, possibly billions, of people would choose to live here. It is essential that we control that influx of humanity at a level in which it can be efficiently assimilated or we lose the very qualities that make us an attractive place to be.
I've said again and again that my position is that I am all for taking as many folks who want to be Americans with all that being American means but we have to have and enforce laws that make efficient assimilation possible. And to accomplish that, our laws have to mean something and they have to be both respected and enforced.
My problem with the wall is a) it is ugly and b) it is only a token of effort absent serious immigration reform and policy. But if it will help enforce existing laws I'll acknowledge that once that has been proved.
