But the larger question isn't 'why CAN'T the Government secure the border' but 'why WON'T the Government secure our border'?

It's because for all the talk about border enforcement and it being out of control and what not, no one is prepared to pay $6.00 at the supermarket for a box of strawberries. Which is what they'd cost if it went to someone not as easily exploited, such as an American citizen who demands at the very least, minimum wage if not a wage that reflects the toil involved in the work.

It's all about the money to be made on exploitation, I think.



I'm all for tightening that border, by official personell. The question is, are we prepared to see that reflected at the supermarket checkout, in our restaurants, hotels, etc.

The only analogy I can think of is the deep south, post-slavery. Although i'll state that the plight of migrant workers isn't akin to slavery. It's merely exploitation. If i'm not mistaken, once slavery was outlawed, the deep south went through a sudden economic downturn.

Now Bush has been trying to adress the economic question by offering "guest worker" status. Although that also isn't too popular either with the right or with the left. For whatever reasons...

And all this is due to 1986. Now if after the amnesty was given, if the Government would have followed through with the law and the plan, we wouldn't even be here debating this.

As it is, amnesty again is being proposed to answer issues that shouldn't have arisen again, if only.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. --Will Rogers "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees." - George W. Bush I don't think anybody could have predicted that these people would .. try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile. - Condoleeza Rice Barbara Bush: It's Good Enough for the Poor To comfort the powerless and make the powerful uncomfortable.