Just for giggles, have any of you actually worked through the logistics of “sealing the border”. Give us the number of people that you would need for this. Give us the estimated cost of a permanent military presence along hundreds of miles our Southern border. What would be the rules of engagement? Would it be “arrest and detain” or would we start shooting at people? What steps would we take to make sure our troops don’t acidentally breach the Mexican border, which would cause a major international incident.
As a sidenote, while we’re “sealing the border”, would you encourage the US government to immediately deport any Cuban who washes up in Miami (as opposed to our current policy of fast tracking citizenship for those “illegal immigrants”)
The point is that it’s incredibly easy to fling slogans around and whip up hysteria and fear with people, it’s a whole other thing to actually think about these sort of details.
