Okay, so the prez has a plan. Finally addressing the issue de rigeur in America. From what I can gather from the talking heads and blogs politico, it doesn't seem to be a very good plan.
6,000 National Guard that will not be doing any patrolling. They will analyze intel, train the Border Patrol and build fences.
WTF? Train them to do what? What expertise does the National Guard have in Border Protection? The Army doesn't have a Border Patrol MOS.
Now, they talk about building fences and roads to assist the BP. That's probably the best part of the plan. In fact, the best thing to do right now ... the FIRST thing to do, is fix the damn holes in our border. Mine it. Set up machine gun towers. Build a moat. Make the fence electric with acid spraying misters. Crap ... whatever it takes to stop the illegals from simply cutting the damn fence and running through.
All the nice talk about guest worker programs and periods of amnesty are well and good. But until we stop the cause, we can't address symptoms.
And once we do, I suggest that we make it easier for folks from certain countries to immigrate into the U.S. To make up for the lack of illegal immigrants, we should increase our legal quotas.
But that's my $0.02. Nothing that hasn't been said before by people smarter than me. I am glad the administration is finally doing something; finally talking to us about it. I just wish he said something that would have actually made a difference.
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