Conservatives think that the Liberal solution to all problems is government throwing money around. Liberals think that the Conservative solution is to send troops or let the free market sort it out. The arrival of 1,000s of unaccompanied Central American kids at the Southern border illustrates these stereotypes well. The President has requested $3.7 billion to address the issue. The GOP has balked because the President’s plan lacks a deployment of the National Guard.
The solution to illegal immigration is simple. But more on that later. Let’s first look at the current solution – the Border Wall.
The Berlin Wall gives perspective. It was remarkably effective. But it illustrates a grievous fault of the US Wall – a fault fiscal conservatives should find appalling – it costs a fortune.
The Berlin Wall worked because it had eyes along its entire length, a lot of eyes. At its peak 47,000 Grenztruppen der DDR (border troops) watched the 124 mile long barrier – which amounts to 379 of them per mile. It would take 740,000 US troops to ensure the same ratio for the 1,951 mile-long Southern Wall. That’s 5 times as many as invaded Iraq.
The expense would be absurd. The expense to just build the wall is absurd. The wall, without the manpower to make it count, is a paper barrier to a mudslide. Which raises the question – what is worse, politicians who are to stupid to know a boondoggle when they see it, or politicians who would knowingly waste billions to prove they are tough on ‘illegals’?So what is the simple solution? The answer lies in reducing the demand for illegal aliens. To reduce the demand, throw anyone who employs undocumented aliens in jail. Include the CEOs and human resource directors of public companies, the owners of private companies, and even the homeowners with housekeepers or who pick up day laborers to mow the lawn.
No jobs for illegals, no illegals, And it doesn’t cost much. Seems like a slam-dunk – right? Hardly. I guarantee that no politician will suggest it.
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