Should We Consider a Security Zone in Mexico? frontpagemag.com/point/271730/s…
It's not my favorite solution. It's certainly not a permanent one.
But if thousands of migrants are going to make a point of showing our border impotence, we need an immediate answer.
But if thousands of migrants are going to make a point of showing our border impotence, we need an immediate answer.
The problem is that while our border is a leaky sieve, caravans like this aren't trying to just break in, they're perfectly happy applying for asylum at the border and then being taken into custody, then being released due to overcrowding and then told to report for a hearing.
It saves them plenty of days of rough travel.
A security zone would have a number of advantages.
First, it immediately ends the asylum problem. If the migrant caravans can't reach the border, they can't apply for asylum. Individuals would still get through, but it wouldn't be the same kind of flaunting of our impotence.
First, it immediately ends the asylum problem. If the migrant caravans can't reach the border, they can't apply for asylum. Individuals would still get through, but it wouldn't be the same kind of flaunting of our impotence.
Second, it helps reduce the cartel and organized crime situation that's feeding some of the border craziness. Right now border personnel are facing heavily armed drug traffickers with access to more firepower than some armies.
Third, it would avoid a number of legal issues that have come up when it comes to using the military inside the United States. Those issues are not valid, but lefty judges can exploit them.
But it would only be a very temporary answer.
But it would only be a very temporary answer.
