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Originally Posted by cykoe6
Having said that..... the government has a legal and moral obligation to protect the border from foreign invaders. It is one of the few legitimate purposes of the federal government.
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Agreed. But I think that really pertains to being invaded by a foreign country doesn't it? I'm not so sure we should expand that to include fruit pickers from crossing over like they always have should we?
As for the drug cartels...even if we stop the Mexican ones...another will take their place. The American people like to get high. The government should stop trying to control our personal lives.
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Originally Posted by theking
To say that there has been "NO problems with immigrants crossing the border" is the problem. Do you not understand that the cost of the war on drugs along the border is insignificant to the cost of the services provided to the millions of illegal immigrants in our country?
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If that is what you think, then we can't have a discussion. I don't care to try and prove you wrong. And you won't believe it anyway.
You may want to google up some numbers on what the "War On Drugs" actually costs though. As for what immigrants use in "services"...that is a hot debate. I know what I saw with the thousands of orange pickers that my family hires. They don't use "services" but they damn sure paid taxes.
I don't have any reliable numbers on what you are implying...and you don't either. You only have numbers that you are reading from sources that are biased. There are no factual numbers on how many illegal iimmigrants used a govt. handout. My educated guess from having a lot of experience with them would be...they use a lot less than legal U.S. citizens percentage wise. But I'm sure you don't believe that. So be it.