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Would You Support Militarizing The Border With Mexico?

Would You Support Militarizing The Mexican Border?

  • Yes

    Votes: 52 45.6%
  • Some Measures

    Votes: 15 13.2%
  • No

    Votes: 47 41.2%

  • Total voters
    114

Carjosse

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Why does no one ever propose this? Replace Homeland Security (or whoever guards the Southern border) and ICE with the National Guard or the Army; all new recruits would be required to protect the border for a period of time. Fortify and secure the border and no one would even think of crossing because even if they get over that wall they will have guns pointing at them from the other side. It worked well for Austria until they joined the Schengen area. I'm not just talking about building a taller wall but complete militarization of the border. It solves your illegal immigration issue for sure and will greatly reduce trafficking of all kinds across the border. What do you Americans think especially those who live near the border?
 
Be tricky; not sure exactly how Posse Comitatus might apply.



Might get messy too. Military is for killing people and breaking stuff.
 
Why does no one ever propose this? Replace Homeland Security (or whoever guards the Southern border) and ICE with the National Guard or the Army; all new recruits would be required to protect the border for a period of time. Fortify and secure the border and no one would even think of crossing because even if they get over that wall they will have guns pointing at them from the other side. It worked well for Austria until they joined the Schengen area. I'm not just talking about building a taller wall but complete militarization of the border. It solves your illegal immigration issue for sure and will greatly reduce trafficking of all kinds across the border. What do you Americans think especially those who live near the border?

This comes up in Congress every year.
 
Na. Ill rather not look like the Berlin Wall.
 
Be tricky; not sure exactly how Posse Comitatus might apply.



Might get messy too. Military is for killing people and breaking stuff.

Could use the National Guard. Be in conjunction with their monthly training.
 
A fence, enforcing our current laws and arresting any Americans who employ illegal immigrants would probably suffice. The military is not necessary.
 
Could use the National Guard. Be in conjunction with their monthly training.



I suppose that would pass the legal smell test, since the NG is often used to keep order after disasters... but I'd be opposed if they deployed them without weapons or with unloaded ones, like they did after a couple hurricanes...
 
A fence, enforcing our current laws and arresting any Americans who employ illegal immigrants would probably suffice. The military is not necessary.

This kinda fence?

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I suppose that would pass the legal smell test, since the NG is often used to keep order after disasters... but I'd be opposed if they deployed them without weapons or with unloaded ones, like they did after a couple hurricanes...

They can have whistles and mace.
 
A fence, enforcing our current laws and arresting any Americans who employ illegal immigrants would probably suffice. The military is not necessary.

That doesn't exactly stop traffickers now does it.
 
As long as there is a market, there will be drugs.

I'm personally thinking more of a human cargo. It will not get rid of all of them after all you still have the Canadian border for that but it will put a big dent in the cartel's business and the more cartel members arrested (probably shot) the better.
 
I'd support militarizing it. Only if we pull the troops from overseas.
 
I just think we should use our head a bit more. The war on drugs was lost back when Elvis was in charge. This country needs to legalize, tax, have a rehab system, quit throwing pot smokers in prisoners into criminal university. I dont get why we as a country insist on sticking with stuff that dont work, all the time.
I'm personally thinking more of a human cargo. It will not get rid of all of them after all you still have the Canadian border for that but it will put a big dent in the cartel's business and the more cartel members arrested (probably shot) the better.
 
As long as there is a market, there will be drugs.

Since you are military, do you think soldiers who are state-side or are coming home from a war or non-war theatre can be retrained for all of our borders ?
 
Be tricky; not sure exactly how Posse Comitatus might apply.



Might get messy too. Military is for killing people and breaking stuff.

Not to mention the associated costs of such an endeavor and the military will surely not be happy with such a role.
 
I just think we should use our head a bit more. The war on drugs was lost back when Elvis was in charge. This country needs to legalize, tax, have a rehab system, quit throwing pot smokers in prisoners into criminal university. I dont get why we as a country insist on sticking with stuff that dont work, all the time.

Cause 'Murica.
 
Why? Sure they could be...but unless we put them arms length apart all the way around the perimeter of the country and armed them well there, all the things we fear would still get into the country. We need to enforce our current laws and build a slightly larger fence than a white picket fence. Then go from there.
Since you are military, do you think soldiers who are state-side or are coming home from a war or non-war theatre can be retrained for all of our borders ?
 
Why? Sure they could be...but unless we put them arms length apart all the way around the perimeter of the country and armed them well there, all the things we fear would still get into the country. We need to enforce our current laws and build a slightly larger fence than a white picket fence. Then go from there.

The wall means nothing as people will get over it or under it, you need guns on the other side.
 
How do you know. Prohibition never works if people really want something. Make drugs like alcohol now, regulate it and tax it. The very last people in the world that want drugs decriminalized is drug dealers. It just aint working, why stick with out current program. Think about it, there are literally tons of drugs moved around our country every day.
The wall means nothing as people will get over it or under it, you need guns on the other side.
 
How do you know. Prohibition never works if people really want something. Make drugs like alcohol now, regulate it and tax it. The very last people in the world that want drugs decriminalized is drug dealers. It just aint working, why stick with out current program. Think about it, there are literally tons of drugs moved around our country every day.

I'm talking about people, we can't just regulate and tax them.
 
If you are talking about stopping illegal immigrants you dont even need a fence, just arrest a few American Execs whose company hires them, make sure it makes all the news stations, and the problem is over. If they cant work here, there would be no reason to stay, so they would go back home.
I'm talking about people, we can't just regulate and tax them.
 
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