Electronics will never secure border

ONLY PHYSICAL BARRIER CAN SECURE BORDER

ELECTRONICS WILL ONLY IMPROVE APPREHENSION AFTER BORDER IS CROSSED

It is clear that the Democratic strategy is to confuse the issue of real border security with improved means of apprehension of illegal immigrants.

Once in the country immigrants cannot be deported without a legal hearing, must be fed and sheltered. The new arrivals are increasingly children and women who create more complicated and costly detention. It is clear that the Democrats want an uninterrupted invasion of immigrants. This plan will put increasing strains on the border patrol, immigration enforcement, hospitals and the legal system. It appears the motive is to collapse all efforts to maintain a secure border.

The biggest obstacle to improving the status of children brought here as young children and the legalization of those that may be here for decades is the ability of immigrants to cross the border illegally.

Every effort to modernize and reform the immigration system rests on securing the border in a very strong way. This will relieve the border patrol to better police legal gateways into the nation and respond to any encroachments on the border. 

Electronic sensors along the barrier could alert border patrol to any attempts to get around the barrier. The latest type of fencing or wall would stop 95% of attempts. It would rule out everyone but the fittest and most agile. This would allow the rest to be dealt with in a much more efficient way.

As for temporary workers, the only reason we do not have more access to workers in a legal way is the the lack of border security. Secure the border and we can have an expanded system of work visas, where migrants can apply for a visa to fill job requests by businesses who need more workers. The workers would be protected as they would be legal workers and would have to be treated in a fair manner. Business would be protected as these workers would need to be vetted, so they would not be hiring criminals or fugitives.

We could have a systematic reform of our immigration system with a serious effort by congress to address this decades old problem. Border security is the first step in a path to solve these problems. It appears more and more that the democrats do not want a solution to border security and immigration, they want a political issue in a sick attempt to appeal to Hispanic voters. It is clear, they are using millions of poor and unfortunate people as pawns in their attempt to gain political power.

originally published 1/13/19 just as relevant today