I live on the southern border, but for you guys its the other side of the northern border. We have a few militias here protecting againsed illeagle border crossing. Americans do not need passports to cross into canada. I am afraid terrorists who hate canadian freedoms will use the united states as a point of entry into canada. This border is just as big a problem as your southern one. Here in BC Americans come across smuggleing guns we dont want and taking away the marijuana we do want. Meanwhile from the other side its just as bad, they are taking guns you want to keep out of your country and brining marijuana you dont want in. Not to mention the army deserters and people fleeing from 20 year jail sentances for posetion of a joint. We really dont want them.
The above satirical comentary is not the main point of this post.
Seriously though. I'm not exactly sure what the point of the militias down there are, are you trying to stop drug smuggeling or just illeagle imigrants? What do you do when you find some poor dehydrated family crossing the desert? Call INS, turn them around? If your goal is to stop drug smugglers I would sugjest leaving that to the profesionals, a bunch of rednecks with shotguns(this is not what I think bwray of whom I have the upmost respect, this is merely the preconseption I had of militia members) are not going to stop orginized crime. As for imagrants whats the big deal I thought the US was founded on the principle that people could come from worse contries to make a better life for themselves. The american dream and all that, isnt that what these poor mexicans are striving for. What happened to the sign reading "bring me your poor, your weak, your downtrodden, your huddled masses yearning to breath free" does it now read "sorry we're full"? I would be afraid of anti-imigrant sentiment if I lived in the States, in europe openly racist governments have been elected on dislike for imigrants, that way lies facism. If you believe in free market capitalism you by definition must allow for the free movment of people as labour is a comodity like any other. If you are worried about the exploitation of these imigrants in the US make it easier for them to become citizens(this is what most of them really want). Can you really deny someone else the freedoms and rights you charish so much based on the location of their birth? I'm pretty sure it reads "All men are created equal" not "All american are created equal". Seems a little odd that I could imigrate to the states pretty easily becuase I wouldnt benifit from it but thoes who truely need it cannot.
All politics aside stay safe out there bwray, I wish you the best of luck, watch out for racists.
If you come across some mexicans that are going to be deported send them up here I'll smuggle them into canada.
Gord
