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Originally Posted by Zedrow
Gort, I agree with pretty much everything you said, but even you have recognized that the Mexican border is so porous that you can have all the border agents at the "legal" crossings all you want, but that won't prevent someone from entering illegally if they truly want to. I think this is the point Bailey was trying to make.
In essence, what I understand from Bailey is that the extra security may complicate matters for the few who want to enter the US illegally but it also hampers the many who want to enter for legit reasons.
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Zedrow it is true the issues with the Mexican border are completely different from the issues on the Canadian border. Let me ask you a question? What percentage of Canadians have passports? When you cross through one of the land checkpoints are Canadians required to be fingerprinted? I pass through the Windsor checkpoint regularly, both the Ambassador Bridge and the tunnel and I have never seen anyone being asked to exit their car while doing so. Now I am not claiming this never happens, but I do not think it is the Canadians that are being asked for fingerprints, although I will admit I may be wrong on this one. As for the passport thing, we should probably all have them anyway. It is either going to be that or some other form of national ID that will soon be required, and once it is there will be no more issue about having the proper ID for crossing the border. Perhaps I have bailey all wrong, all though I don't think so, but to me all he does is find some point, any point really, on which to complain about the US. Well frankly Zedrow while he is certainly free to provide his opinion it isn't his country, it's mine. THe longest undefended border was fine while it lasted. THat time is over now and it is time to face new a new reality.