if this upsets you because of immigration across open borders, or political rhetoric, or all the other baggage associated with Mexicans and detention of crossing over into the USA with out a passport, take all that unpleasantness to someone else, like, a border patrol office, or a poltician.
This post is for the road that runs nearly the length of the border between two countries, which may be unique, I simply have never heard about other countries having the illegal immigration problem that Mexico does.
I suppose that exodus from the middle east into Europe in 2018-19 certainly qualifies, except Mexico has a steady half million a year or so, for decades, crossing into the USA illegally.
I doubt any two countries sharing a border elsewhere in the world have a similar difference of culture and economies as the USA Mexico situation has for the past 100 years
By the way, immigrants are terrific, the presidents wife is one, by the way. 3 of my 4 aunts are all from other countries. Italy, Canada, and Thailand. So, don't try to pick a fight about immigrants, I'm all for moving from country to country, I've been to 9 myself. The thing I have in common with most people is the problem with Mexicans and Central Americans not getting the immigration done legally. All the paperwork, all the documents, licenses, certificates, the same ones I and you have to have, present, and drag along every time we apply for a job, a loan, etc etc. It wold be nice if they could speak English too, but hey, that's a difficult thing to learn. Again, 3 aunts, all learned English.
If there's a country that does not require the people to pay taxes, have a birth certificate, drivers license, etc, I've never learned of it. Most countries are far more tyrannical about it... think about North Korea, China, Australia, England, etc.
I have not seen any videos about the border wall being built before. Thanks, its interesting just on the engineering and construction side of it, and its also good to see that there's good ancillary work being done along the way.
ReplyDeleteJesse, you are amazing on the quality of posts. I really enjoy this place. Feels good to visit here and get away from the corona lock down. thanks
ReplyDeleteyou're welcome! And thank you for the compliment!
DeleteIf you get into the archives, particularly 2015 and 2016, I think you'll enjoy it more.
Somehow those years seem to me to have been the most interesting and most variety of content
oh, and if you could let the Pulitzer committee know you like my blog? I'd really be satisfied with life if I won a Pulitzer. Best day ever type of satisfaction.
DeleteWell, a guy can hope, right?
Hey! Thanks for the clanging the tip jar! I checked my email after checking the comments here, and was very happily surprised!
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Build a 15 ft. wall, and they'll build a 16 ft. ladder. Waste of money. Why do we have a National Guard, anyway? To watch a wall?!? Build a wall in population centers and outposts every mile along the border in the remote areas. Rotate the Guard in and out. Bury motion sensors hooked to flood lights and let the Guard do what they're trained to- protect the border
ReplyDeleteBut they can't drive a bus load of people through it, and they installed tech into the new walled areas. Oh, and the border patrol is on the job, it's not what the national guard does. The National Guard is the Army Reserves.
DeleteAnd I don't think you'll find many people that agree with you that it's a waste of money. With zero border crossing prevention, there would be zero prevention of another 9-11, you might not be aware, most of those Saudis came into the USA via Tijuana, into San Diego, and lived in the apartments behind the Burger King on Balboa.
Anyway, the borders of this and many other countries have walls for a reason, even though planes and balloons, and missiles can go right over them. Same reason prisons have walls
Thanks for posting this Jesse. It's good to see a promise being fulfilled.
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