Originally Posted by White Rabbit

All the "severe" measures at the border aren't worth squat. The border is the not the 'cause' of the problem - it is symptiomatic of the problem. Treating symtoms is just political posturing.

If you actually address the employer issue, you can ignore the massive cost of the various 'border solutions'.

In other words, shut down one border and they will just come in another way because the demand and the job reward for them is still there.

US experience dealing with the importation of illegal drugs is quite illustrative here. Militarizing the border as a policy solution just doesn't work.