Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] Iowa results

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
> > The Bush/Huckabee approach to immigration is, to my mind, the only 
> > workable solution.  Obviously you need strong borders, for security 
> > purposes if nothing else.
>
> You can't have really strong borders without lots of armed guards or 
> some kind of sensing system and a pretty large number of guards.  I 
> doubt that it is worth the effort.  It is a delusion to believe that we 
> can block out all the bad guys at the border.  They come in on tourist 
> visas, student visas, etc., or they are born here!

Well all those MinuteManHG emails I receive have convinced me that we 
can do better than we currently do.  Perhaps it is delusional to believe 
that we can completely block it out, but then again it is delusional to 
think that we can completely stop crime - but we still have a police 
force, and we still try our level best to keep crime to a minimum.

If we combine a sane immigration policy (like that Bush has suggested) 
with firm borders, I really do think that the problem can be greatly 
reduced.  It might not be impossible to stop terrorists, but we can 
certainly make it a lot harder for them.

Stephen

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