Originally Posted by Vendzilla

We have fallen from the beacon of hope status in the last decade and we are a nation of immigrants. My family came from two different directions. First my name sake came thru legal means at Ellis island in 1901. My grandmothers side has been here all along as native Americans.

With all the recent scare of Eboli and other illness coming from people that should have never been allowed in the country, I think the open border idea has it's flaws. Security concerns should keep the border closed to all those that pose a threat to the country like that guy that crossed the border several times and was sent back with no punishment, even though it's a felony at that point, just to kill those police officers up by Sacramento.

With threats like Isis and other Islam Jihadist. I think it only prudent to close the southern border and to say we can't is not looking at the history of this country. We can do anything! I mean we do it at JFK airport, why not the southern border?