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Militarizing the border as a policy solution just doesn't work.
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That's right - we need to Invade Mexico!
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Militarizing the border is but one step...
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Exactly!
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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.
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It's illustrative that proper border control is not the simple feat many protray it as, but there are also a number of differences - It's hard to smuggle of balloon of Mexicans in in your bowels; you can't hide an immigrant in the bumper of a car; you can't generally reduce risk of discovery by hiding your wetbacks in some sort of hermetically sealed container. Once here, illegal immigrants don't usually disappear up somebody's nose; Mexicans aren't usually flushed down the toilet if the authorities are seen approaching; and undocumented workers aren't usually burnt as completely as possible before the ash is tossed in the trash or out the window. All these factors make control comparatively easier.
On the flip side, you're correct that the only way to Really stop the inflow is to reduce the differential in living and working conditions, preferably by improving Mexico. I won't pretend to know how to clean up such ingrained corruption, but ending our war on people's rights and on drugs would certainly help! I doubt that would be sufficient, tho.
And jumping back to the OP, I support all the tactics mentioned.