Originally posted by ByeBye
Are you saying that if we make drugs legal, then "drugs" would be devalued?
Or are you saying that drugs are the main reasons for illegal immigrants? Not sure what you're trying to get at....
Illegal workers are like a drug. Maybe if we end the "war" on illegals, then we could "devalue" the "product" and we would not have an illegal imigration problem.
Both really. Smuggling is smuggling, whether it's drugs or people. Illegal immigrants come through the tunnels just like tons of illegal drugs do. A big fence is a money pit that really only seems to appeal to hardcore right-wingers.
A big wall doesn't really work for the Israelis... it's has been, and still is tunneled under regularly.
People still made it past the Berlin Wall, and it was guarded by machine gun nests, attack dogs, and infantry support.
If you want MS13 & the Mexican Army to stop crossing the border smuggling drugs... end the war on drugs. Sending in the 1st Infantry to occupy the border will end up with quite a bit of ongoing violence. The money is too huge not to take the risk of running their gauntlet.
Switch the product from drugs to people, and it's even nastier. It goes beyond people trying to get rich quick, to people in desperate circumstances trying to provide for their family. That makes the risks even more palatable.