No. I'd rather see a 700 mile high fence around Washington DC.

We need both of them. I approve of the fence, but have some reservations about the environmental issues surrounding it.

AS FAR AS BUILDING A FENCE TO SEPERATE USA FROM MEXICO PEOPLE CUT THE FENCE CONSTANTLY IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET INTO THE USA THEY WILL FIND A WAY MAYBE MORE AMERICANS SHOULD TRAVEL TO MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA I LIVED IN PERU AND CHILE AS A CHILD THE POOR LIVE IN 3 BY 5 AND HAVE NO FACILITIES NO ELECTRIC SEWER WATER AND NO BATHROOMS OR STOVES AS MANY AS 20 PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS SMALL SPACE ROOF CANBE CORRUGATED TIN OR NEWSPAPER HOUSE MADE OF DRIED MUD

That is sad and uncalled for. I am trying to understand if your city or country is so poor why not think about cutting back on children until you find a better way of supporting them. Also, maybe you and everyone else needs to bring your concerns to the government. Write someone, media (there or here in the US). Either way we all suffer. No one is asking you to stop your culture of increasing family, but think about your opportunities for a better life by making it better first. American citizens are suffering as well, so how do you expect for us to have a 100% sympathy for your country. We are suffering from the war, health care, everything. We can not afford to live the way we used to because of whats going on. So what makes you think it will be better over here now. One honest thing to say is some American people do not mind legal immigrations coming to the United States, meaning going through proper channels. They are the ones who has the right to demand freedom not the ones who put their lives in danger. Its not worth it. Think about making a change in your country. Yes, you probally have corrupt officials. Is there any way to over throw them? I know there has to be more people who want a change to take a risk to overthrow the controllers you allow to stay. Come together for once. Don't demand anything if you enter the country wrong and stop multiplying and relying on LEGAL CITIZENS to foot the bill. By the way, immigrants did not build America. Not sorry about that. My grandfather and greatfather told us about railroads, buildings they built throughout the US. As far as making a $1.00 a day that is not living that is degrading to yourself and what you believe it. I will agree on that one. All I am saying is find a way somehow LEGALLY to turn your situation around. I can not afford to have more kids because of my situation but I learn to handle what I have before doing anything else. I would love to visit Chili one day and by then I pray things will change for he better. Stand together by speaking out for what you believe in. Do it in codes among each other. You do not have to go to school for that think. If some of you live here in the US legally why aren't any of your fellow people helping out the country, trying to build it back up? 95% of UNITED STATES CITIZENS ARE PRAYING FOR A CHANGE. UNFORTUNATELY AS TOLD IN THE BIBLE THIS HAS TO COME TO PAST. Until then I have to do what I have to do to get where I am going. You do the same. Pulling for you.

You act like all illegal immigrants do is take money from your pockets. What you dont realize is that they pay taxes also. When they go to a store and buy something they are charged a tax, its not like they are exempt from these taxes. Without immigrants the U.S. economy would suffer greatly, as we all know they do the jobs legal citizens do not want or are to lazy to do. Companies benefit from these hardworking individuals because without them they would not be able to keep enough people to fill all the jobs. Where I live all the industrial jobs are constantly in need of people, because they do not employ illegals, most legal citizens (whites, blacks) simply do not want to do these jobs even though they pay good, yet you have people claiming they cannot find a job because illegals are taking them all. This country is becoming a land of lazy selfish people that expect the government to take care of them just because their ancestors were slaves.

All immagrants who has come to the United States were fleeing poverty and oppression. However, they come legally.I'm very sympathetic to the plight of the Mexican. It may be time for an uprising, a govermental change by the people towards the corrupt government that has their foot on the necks of it's people.Mexico is rich in oil and as a government should make every effort to advance it's people. By advancement i don't mean, enter illegally remain, draw medical, education and other sources from the American citizen. Let us not be ignorant, some one is footing the bill for the millions that live here and deplete America. It is the American citizen who pays taxes, from all directions to support the illegal families that has broken the law and entered. As the American medical system collapses under the weight of illegal immigration, the Mexican reaps our wealth and sends it back to Mexico.

I'm sure about a billion Indians and a billion Chinese would love an open border policy too. Would you mind if they camped out on your front yard while they take your job for pennies a day? A wall is just a gift for favored contractors. I'd prefer to bring our boys and girls home from the quagmire we created in Iraq and arm our borders and beaches, then consider anyone crossing without proper paperwork an insurgent which is exactly what they are. Meanwhile, we have over a million people in prison that can pick our onions for us.

HA! That is perfect. Protect us from the REAL criminals...at least the folks coming from "EL SUR" WORK for their money...

...Not all, the social services office in my county is packed with illegals!

We say we are the most "Humane" country in the world what is the good old USA doing about the homeless? Nothing About its hungry? nothing Abut the uninsured nothing we are a melting pot of people who came from many European countries Give me your tired your poor your huddled masses yearning tobe free send these the homeless tempestost to me I spread my arms across the golden shore PLAQUE ON STATUE OF LIBERTY

"I lift my lamp beside the golden door." So many deliberately leave this line off when commenting on the Statue of Liberty's plaque. The golden door. Enter through the golden door and you will be welcome. Enter unwelcome through the back door and suffer the consequences of illegal actions. ALL illegal aliens need to return home. Build the fence on both borders.

Didn't a french person write that on the statue of Liberty? I don't think we wrote that.

Actually a Jewish American woman from New York wrote it. It was mentioned on the Jewish Experience special on PBS recently.

Sad, bet you believe we don't have the right to defend our nation either. Just like you have the right to put a fence around your yard, so to does the US have the right to put one at our borders. I agree our immigration process needs to be fixed, but that's a separate issue. Don't confuse the 2 please.

good! i love it!

a fence can't possibly work. and if the hispanics weren't here, we'd have to ask them to come.

Great reply!

That aint gonna stop nobody.. I dont know how the US cant see that my people need a better life.. they need to try livin in our shoes.. it aint a pretty life.. what would you do if u were starving, thirsty, and didnt have shit? you would want a better life. Thats what we do look for a better life..

You don't have shit because the Mexican governement (which is the real criminal in all this) is corrupt and inept. They, the high officials, believe that most Mexicans are Indian mixed and that they are the true Spaniards and should inherit the wealth. You think Americans are rascist? What a joke. If your leaders truly cared about the Mexican people then there would be free-enterprise and a strong law enforcement agency that would keep the drug cartels from wreaking havoc on the populace.
This problem will never be solved until Mexicans over throw their governemnt and replace it with a real democratic system.

Absolutely. A fence doesn't kill anyone. It's the least we can do.

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Fences, walls and analogous devices do not work. Au contraire, they do kill people, just ask anyone in Ireland, and you will hear many sad stories.

Walls, fences and the like failed miserably in Belfast, Berlin, currently in the Gaza and will defenitely fail in the US-Mx border. Instead we need co-operation and like the EU, launch a guest worker accord, and invest development funds in the depressed regions of America (the continent), much like EU development funds have worked wonderfully there.

Human solidarity must prevail and not emotional xenophobic non human exposes.
Thank you, merci, obrigado, gracias.