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If You Build A Wall, They Come By Boat |
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What’s so hard to understand about this? People are willing to risk their lives to come to the United States. Building a wall on the border will not deter them. They will find other ways:
For years, smugglers have sought to bring people into the United States on boats in the Pacific Ocean, usually hiding among the bountiful pleasure craft off San Diego in the summer. People have also been caught trying to surf, use jet skis and swim in.
But the arrests this week, the authorities said, point to a troubling turn to the prospect of year-round smuggling; some 20 boats have been intercepted or found washed ashore on the San Diego County coast since August. Twenty-six people have been apprehended in those cases, but several more probably made it to their destinations: some have been observed by homeowners coming ashore and leaving their boats behind.
If you build a wall, they will cut a hole in that wall. They will come by boat. Just like we’re playing whack-a-mole stamping out insurgents in Iraq, just like prosecuting drug dealers and users has not stopped the drug trade in the United States, securing the borders with medieval barriers will not stop immigration.
If you want a real solution, look at NAFTA. If you want a real solution, look at creating a legal option for all who want to come to America. You cannot stop the dam from flooding by sticking your finger in the cracks. It will simply end up being a another expensive “war” we can’t win. Is that what we really want?
