Does the United States need a moat?

[anvi]

As far as the physical fence is concerned, most of it has been put up, and parts that were long not completed were held up in Texas courts mostly because they created property problems in various places.  The fence is legally questionable too, as its construction is not subject to any laws, and renders any decisions deemed necessary for its construction by the HS director not subject to judicial review.  On top of all this, even with a completed fence, migrants will just try to push themselves through the Sonoran or other remote and dangerous areas, where they either die (which is I suppose inconsequential to fence advocates, since many of these, like Butch Otter above, consider non-American citizens, and most apparently the ones who live south of us, also non-persons and thus non-bearers of human rights) or cost American taxpayers lots more money to apprehend and return than those found trying to cross into urban areas.  So, that means we have to build and man a 2,000 mile physical/virtual fence, no?

Obama killed funding for the "virtual fence" in March, 2010 because SBINet was making a hash of the work and over-billing the government for it.  $700 million for detection equipment that covers about 60 miles of terrain, and this net is supposed to be laid across the whole 2,000 mile border?  Thanks, but as a taxpayer, I'll pass.  Developing better technology, which takes time, and finding better firms to set it up doesn't strike me as a bad idea in comparison.

Wanna cut back on illegal immigration and help drive up both job availability and wages for unemployed and working Americans?  Well, how about we start by telling Wallyworld, Tyson, Gebbens and all their many, many corporate buddies to stop hiring undocumented workers.  And telling them in much stronger terms than fines they can afford anyway.  Oh, but we run into a problem there, because that would violate the economic principles of the "spreadsheet brigades" running the American marketplace!  Ok, everyone, back on your posts, lock and load!