Or build a wall.

Not sure it would help.

the wall is built. it's a done deal. and no, I don't think it will help much.

Wait when did that happen?

Border Fence nearly finished: http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_118624...lpasotimes.com

Also, they now have 7000 soldiers in Cd. Juarez. That's a hell of a lot.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_11921826

well, at least now it's getting some press. finally. took them long enough. And Anderson Cooper is supposed to be reporting "live from the border" tonight. Whoop de do.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/25/mex...lum/index.html

Its on Obama's and Clinton's radar now. Clinton even admits that America's drug use has a large part in this conflict.

I've heard a lot of talk on this and there are some predictions of Obama having to bring not just financial aid to Mexico, but military. If it gets much worse, this plus the immigration issue will most likely explode.

Line the border and stop the influx.




TGRR - where the Heck is the concrete?!?!?!?!

A wall isn't going to solve the problem. With the amount of trade between the United States and Mexico it would be impossible to inspect all the trucks and cars going in and out so everything would get in and out anyways. Not to mention if you got a few border guards under the paycheck of a drug cartel...

We would be spending billions of dollars on something that will only make it hard to cross the border, not stop. I don't see how that is worth it in any way. The money can be spend in more efficient matter to help solve the same problem.

Lets do the math. 1969 miles * 5280 (ft/mile) * 5 ft (width) * 15 ft (height) * (1ft^3/3^3yd^3) = 2.887e7 cubic yards of concrete.

Assume $70 a cubic yard

So a total cost of $2.02e9 or 2,021,000,000 or 2.021 TRILLION dollars for only the material cost.

Then labor costs come in. That is MUCH more then material costs so you can muliply that by five (maybe more??)

So assuming 10 trillion dollars for an initial cost along with annual maintenance costs it is completely unrealistic.


Other methods would be much more efficient.

lol - PH - we already did the math. Its a joke, sorta.

We could just kill them all I suppose. But then who will mix up my drinks on the beach?

Bitter much?

I say we adopt the Gurkha Battalions from the Brits and hire them to close the borders. They did a bang up job in HK.

Well, we can save on the labour by employing ... ahh ... you know ... illegal imigrant Mexican day-labourers...

You could start by cutting the u. :p