Thread: Charles Krauthammer: First control the border: Fence it

First control the border: Fence it
Charles Krauthammer - Washington Post Writers Group
Updated: 06/15/07 7:06 AM

WASHINGTON — Comprehensive immigration reform is in jeopardy because it is a complex compromise with too many moving parts and too many competing interests. Employers want a guest worker program; unions want to kill it. Reformers want to introduce a point system that preferentially admits skilled and educated immigrants; immigrant groups naturally want to keep the family preference system. Liberals want legalization now; conservatives insist on enforcement “triggersâ€

Fences are ugly, I grant you that. But not as ugly as 12 million people living in the shadows in a country that has forfeited control of its borders.

In this case, a fence would appear quite lovely.

Originally Posted by pjr40

Fences are ugly, I grant you that. But not as ugly as 12 million people living in the shadows in a country that has forfeited control of its borders.

In this case, a fence would appear quite lovely.

A little landscaping here or there.. and it would look nice!

It should be landscaped with American troops.

Originally Posted by pjr40

It should be landscaped with American troops.

And claymores and mines.