WASHINGTON- On today’s "Good Morning America," Mexican President Felipe Calderon gave praise to President George W. Bush for trying to get the U.S. Congress to approve a comprehensive immigration reform but said the answer to stop illegal immigration is to build economic growth and opportunities in Mexico, not fences.
Since 9/11 our border security has come into question, on how safe they really are and how can they be improved. "It's no longer just an immigration issue. It's now a national security issue" says California Rep. Duncan Hunter, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. "People have made stupid editorial comments about the Great Wall of China," he says, "but the only thing that has worked is that fence."
Many different bills and proposals have been introduced to Congress. Ranging from having night vision cameras along the border, to hiring more border patrol officers to even the idea of having alligators put along the Rio Grande river. However, the most popular idea that seems too been gaining steam, is to build a 2,000-mile fence along the border. Stretching from San Diego to Brownsville Texas. The fence itself could be 16 to 30 feet high and cost into the billions.
So in the first step of having the fence build, Congress authorized the construction of 700 miles of fences last year along portions of the border but yet given final approval to all construction costs. For several reasons, for one the Bush administration argues that a Berlin Wall-style barrier would be a huge waste of money costing up to $8 billion. Second are the environmental regulations.
Fencing the border, is controversial debate on how to stop illegal immigration. Theirs a mix of different ideas and feelings. Many for and against it. People like Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar says it makes more sense to use a mix of additional agents, better surveillance and tougher enforcement of immigration laws and fences.
But Mexican President Mexicans Felipe Calderon predicted the flow of Mexicans illegally crossing into the United States would decrease, possibly within a decade, as Mexico's economy grew. "I want to build the conditions in Mexico to provide the opportunities here in our land."
He said he hoped the United States and Mexico could see each other as allies as they confront challenges from Asian economies. "I hope that one day the people in America could see the Mexican people as friends, like allies."
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-mexico-usa.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-11-17-border-fence_x.htm
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/mexico/stories/MYSA20071007.01B.Border_Fence.32fe56e.html
Since 9/11 our border security has come into question, on how safe they really are and how can they be improved. "It's no longer just an immigration issue. It's now a national security issue" says California Rep. Duncan Hunter, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. "People have made stupid editorial comments about the Great Wall of China," he says, "but the only thing that has worked is that fence."
Many different bills and proposals have been introduced to Congress. Ranging from having night vision cameras along the border, to hiring more border patrol officers to even the idea of having alligators put along the Rio Grande river. However, the most popular idea that seems too been gaining steam, is to build a 2,000-mile fence along the border. Stretching from San Diego to Brownsville Texas. The fence itself could be 16 to 30 feet high and cost into the billions.
So in the first step of having the fence build, Congress authorized the construction of 700 miles of fences last year along portions of the border but yet given final approval to all construction costs. For several reasons, for one the Bush administration argues that a Berlin Wall-style barrier would be a huge waste of money costing up to $8 billion. Second are the environmental regulations.
Fencing the border, is controversial debate on how to stop illegal immigration. Theirs a mix of different ideas and feelings. Many for and against it. People like Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar says it makes more sense to use a mix of additional agents, better surveillance and tougher enforcement of immigration laws and fences.
But Mexican President Mexicans Felipe Calderon predicted the flow of Mexicans illegally crossing into the United States would decrease, possibly within a decade, as Mexico's economy grew. "I want to build the conditions in Mexico to provide the opportunities here in our land."
He said he hoped the United States and Mexico could see each other as allies as they confront challenges from Asian economies. "I hope that one day the people in America could see the Mexican people as friends, like allies."
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-mexico-usa.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-11-17-border-fence_x.htm
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/mexico/stories/MYSA20071007.01B.Border_Fence.32fe56e.html
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