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And, yet, everybody knew the day would come when America
would have to stop talking "out of both sides of its mouth"
Encouraging illegal workers and stopping illegal
immigrants. White man speak with forked tongue.....and now America will
have to do something.
A wall is extreme but granting amnesty is also
extreme. They are stuck with their web of lies and
deceit.
Seems like greed got the better of good judgment when it
came to allowing in low wage illegals.
ARthur From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karen Watters Cole Sent: May 22, 2006 3:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] It's About Identity 2: America's Great Wall Chris wrote:
When
will Fidel Castro stand up and say:
"Mr. Bush, tear down that Wall!" ? Chris, as witty as you are, I hope we can
discuss some serious ramifications of what is a significant force in
nation-state internal dynamics as well as the uneven and often destructive
impact of globalization.
Obviously, Mexico’s Fox and US border-state
Governors have reason to be concerned that fence-hopping illegals might be shot
by armed troops or vigilantes. Jails are already overcrowded with Latin
Americans who haven’t yet been flown back. The costs and logistics for this are
a nightmare for law enforcement and a bonanza for contractors and opportunists.
All Americans should be leery of the symbolic
implications of a built wall on our southern border, regardless of current
levels of immigration and what they think should be done about it, whether for
security reasons or otherwise.
This wall is a fake solution, staging
National Guard troops to man technology and engineering jobs while the Border
Patrol do the actual security work is clever, but too much like dumping sandbags
over broken levees after Katrina, an emergency response to a poorly designed
problem long ignored. The solution is obviously not in barbed wire
fencing. I
am reminded of a prediction that a lobbyist made to me during a job interview
over a decade ago. He correctly suggested that the spotted owl environmental
protections, much-hated by the logging industry, would be dwarfed by the
incoming salmon protections. Politically, the immigration issue could be Bush’s
Waterloo, judging by the anger it has generated among some who have been holding
their extreme views in check until now.
karen |
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