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I've always wondered, why don't they just build the barrier/ smart wall for border security along Interstate 10 from California all the way through Texas? No eminant domain issues, no problems with access, etc ...Im not talking about a land give away to Mexico...Any of the U.S.ranchers/ people/ cities south of the wall would still be on US soil up to the historic border with Mexico...They could get access in and out of the smart wall through ports of entry/ exit in the wall where their is 24/7 security and border patrol, scanners, etc...They would also still be under the protection of our law enforcement and military, national guard, etc. south of the smart wall.

Try jumping that wall or smuggle people or drugs and not be caught at a port of entry or seen by the general public on the Interstate...Obviously, only build it where needed along the Interstate...

They would also have to change the stupid asylum laws about stepping foot on U.S. soil and getting automatic refugee status if they qualify.

RB.....if they weren't wanted, they would have never came over......come on you are from texas ...you know what I am saying is true..

back in the day, almost all farmers and ranchers had a wet around.....more when needed...less when not......but there was always a fulltime wet on the place...…..congress or not...border patrol or not......they were not giving up their wets...…bob

RB.....if they weren't wanted, they would have never came over......come on you are from texas ...you know what I am saying is true..

back in the day, almost all farmers and ranchers had a wet around.....more when needed...less when not......but there was always a fulltime wet on the place...…..congress or not...border patrol or not......they were not giving up their wets...…bob

Back in the days of which you speak, a wetback would come work on a farm or ranch for $8 a day and room and board. They would return home at Christmas, and may, or may not come back in spring.

You NEVER heard of one bringing their wife or kids.

Now there's free healthcare, welfare, foodstamps, and free education.

Something got broken between now and then. It ain't the farmers or ranchers. Hell, they can't even afford to hire wetbacks now. Bastids want $15 an hour...

Can honestly say that for over 20 years now, I don't know even one farmer or rancher that hires wets.

A trailer-manufacturing company in Texas has been raided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the second time in four years after hiring unauthorized workers again. ICE raided Load Trail on Tuesday and arrested 160 employees who were unlawfully working in the United States. The company apparently didn’t learn its lesson as it was previously fined $445,000 in 2014 for hiring 179 illegal aliens.

According to ICE’s report, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) received a tip that the company “may have knowingly hired illegal aliens, and that many of the aliens employed at Load Trail were using fraudulent identification documents.” More than 300 federal agents were involved with the operation.

One employee claimed that agents “raided from every entrance” and that some employees attempted to escape only to be caught, according to The Dallas Morning News. Load Trail states that it has more than 500 employees, which means those arrested made up almost a third of the workforce.

The company could face exponentially higher fines this time. The standard fine for hiring illegal aliens who constitute 30 to 39 percent of a company on a first offense is $2,411 per conviction, which is approximately what the company paid the first time. The standard fine for a second time violator in the same bracket is $8,174 per conviction. Load Trail’s total fines could reach well over a million dollars.

Instead of hiring U.S. citizens, Load Trail has twice decided to employ unauthorized workers and will likely suffer the consequences yet again. Now the company is losing a large portion of its workforce and probably a substantial sum of money. This situation could have been avoided if Load Trail had put American workers before its own greed.

Katrina Berger, who is the agent in charge of the Dallas HSI office, warned other employers potentially hiring illegal aliens that they could face the same fate as Load Trail.

A wall along I-10 in Texas would put probably close to 25% of the State on the Mexican side of the wall. I-10 is probably close to 300 miles from Mexico in a lot of places...Somebody needs to sit down with a map and re think this idea.

And in what way would their lives change? They would still be under the protection of our military, law enforcement, etc...leave existing walls on the border, even improve and add on to them if you want to...

That'd make me an Instant Meskin.

(And many more hundreds of thousands of Americans.)



Yeah lets just give Mexico about 10% of our nation...

The biggest problem with a wall along I-10 is simply...as soon as any non-American steps foot on US soil they can seek asylum and our laws prevent us from sending them back. We would have thousands, if not millions, of new undocumented "citizens" in weeks. Then that new wall would be crossed by our border patrol escorting our "new citizens" to a shelter. Too bad I-10 is so far from the actual border.

never would have happened...….lets be honest, this is a product of ranchers and farmers needing cheap labor...period..

then it morphed into a lot of other aspects of our society …….bob

That'd make me an Instant Meskin.

(And many more hundreds of thousands of Americans.)



Yeah lets just give Mexico about 10% of our nation...

And in what way would their lives change? They would still be under the protection of our military, law enforcement, etc...leave existing walls on the historic border, even improve and add on to them if you want to...

well, to be accurate, half of that would be a give-back!

Although the Arizona part was purchased!

The Texas part was stolen by immigrants, if I recall correctly.

That'd make me an Instant Meskin.