Randy wrote on Nov 15, 2005 4:55 AM:Phil Strickland should realize that Duncan Hunter has not, does not, and will not support big fines for companies like Wal-Mart that employ illegals. Big companies that employ illegals make big political campaign contributions to Republican Party coffers. Thus, it becomes clear that the border fence is not a serious attempt to seriously address a serious problem. It is simply another tawdry political ploy.

Deborah T wrote on Nov 15, 2005 9:56 AM:You are absolutely right! We need a wall that CANNOT be crossed with armed persons on our side to stop any fool who would try. We stopped the invasion on 9/11 didn't we? Illegals here should be deported immediately, then get in line like the rest of the world who do respect our laws. Illegals can deport themselves if they know they will be picked up and removed immediately. Those who do not leave can be found and removed. The wall and the removal of all illegals currently here would save billions of dollars in the long run and finally really secure America from the southern invasion that has been allowed for far too many years! A wall would stop them before they can get in and become a burden to American taxpayers. We don't need more beds, etc. we need to stop them before they step foot on our soil. PERIOD! Billions of dollars would be saved by not having to house them, give them a court hearing, provide medical or anything else this wacko government sees the need to do. I guarantee you if I had a wall around my property with armed security I wouldn't have to worry about someone breaking into my property. Chertoff is no different than Bush. He's like a recording of the same insanity coming from our leaders. He's no more serious about securing our borders and deporting illegals than the president is. It is up to the American people to demand our laws be enforced, not changed to destroy our country. The border must be secured from the east to the west with nothing left open in between. There can be no compromise. Illegals must be removed once and for all. Our laws must be enforced. A wall must be built and secured with military. NO COMPROMISE! Americans have had enough!

Tina wrote on Nov 15, 2005 11:12 AM:SPEAK FOR YOURSELF DEBORAH. I GUESS I AM ONE OF THOSE SELF RIGHTEOUS FUZZY BRAINED PEOPLE. NOT ONLY ARE YOUR STATEMENTS A VIOLATION CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS THEY ALSO VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN...SURE THERE ARE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. BUT ILLEGAL NO!

Byron wrote on Nov 15, 2005 11:54 AM:Tina needs to read the Constitution and The Bill of Rights. She is proposing the Citizens and Legal Immigrants of this Country have no rights to their Sovereignty and International Law trumps ours. Unless things have changed in the last 30 seconds, coming acrossed our borders without permission is a violation of our Laws, therefor this person is illegal. If she wishes these "undocumented workers" in her back yard, so be it, but I won't allow them in mine.

June wrote on Nov 15, 2005 12:11 PM:Let's build that wall or whatever it takes to keep our country from being invaded. It's past time to stop Mexico's citizens and any others who come here illegally. Businesses who hire them need to be fined thousands of dollars. All benefits need to stop as well as free education and medical care. We can't take care of the world's poor, and there are many more countries poorer than Mexico. Vicente Fox has convinced himself and his people that the U.S. owes them a life! And the phrase that sends me into orbit is "they are coming for the American dream." It is NOT their dream. They do not deserve it. Go home and protest for the Mexican Dream and leave our country alone.

Darby wrote on Nov 15, 2005 12:52 PM:Yes Tina you described exactly what you are. And yes there are illegal aliens!They become just that when they cross the border illegally for what ever reason and I agree with Deborah that there can be no compromise or acceptance as long as they continue to break our laws!

Daryl wrote on Nov 15, 2005 1:48 PM:We could finance the building of the wall by taxing the money that the illegals are sending to Mexico. The money coming in from the United States is the number one source of revenue for the country of Mexico. How many illegals are getting paid under the table? How about a 25% tax.That is what the average law abiding citizen is paying-check the tax tables.

John R. Merit wrote on Nov 15, 2005 2:04 PM:Phil Strickland, an obviously levelheaded American (unlike the Looney Left hysterics), is absolutely right. But he said, "For companies that employ illegals, fine them and fine them big. Make it hurt so much it'll be cheaper to hire legal workers." I disagree. Fines have a tendency to be more symbolic than adequate. I suggest vigorous fast-track prosecution and JAIL for executives of such companies. Sitting on a steel bunk wearing a jump suit and admiring the free world through gray steel bars has a tendency to cause prompt and dramatic attitude adjustments and increase one's good citizenship quite remarkably.

Wes wrote on Nov 15, 2005 2:32 PM:Phil for President! I bet Tina is here illegally. Odds?

Dan wrote on Nov 15, 2005 4:05 PM:Hey Tina, which gated community do you live in? Because unless you are blind as well as stupid, anyone with 2 functioning brain cells knows that by law someone who violates the law is by legal definition "ILLEGAL". By your distorted logic we should call bank robbers undocumented withdrawers, rapists would be undocumented sex care providers, and the Adrian Camacho's of the world would be undocumented police early retirement facilitators.

Rachel wrote on Nov 15, 2005 10:57 PM:That wall is the best idea to come along in a long long while. It isn't everything, but as the article says, it is a great start. We have a right to protect our sovereignty as a nation, and yes we are being invaded. Our troops landed on the beach at Normandy with a total of 100,000. That was an invasion. How can 20 million plus not be called an invasion? Tina, I would suggest you READ the US Consititution before trying to interpret it so that you don't come off as being so uninformed. Human rights have nothing to do with illegal alien invasion. There is no law, international or otherwise, that allows any violation of a nation's sovereignty or grants permission to people to ignore the laws of a nation that they are entering.

kevin wrote on Nov 16, 2005 12:22 AM:Tina proves third world ignorance can occur in developed countries by proclaiming there are no illegal aliens and then trying to apply Constitutional provisions to an "alien" who has, and rightfully so, no legal standing. Tina you need to understand immigration is a legal process. Your distorted view comes from a liberal perspective of the 14th Amendment. Read the amendment in its entirety and note it applies only to persons who are "born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof". The key phrases are "person" and "subject to". In Constitutional terms an "alien" is not a "person", they are a, and repeat after me, an "alien". That is the distinction. An alien has no legal standing because they are not a "person", becoming a "person" is the result of FOLLOWING IMMIGRATION LAW not avoiding it. In summary, you do not know of which you speak. Illegal aliens are just that, illegal aliens. They have no rights under our Constitution.

bill wrote on Nov 16, 2005 3:08 AM: Who are these morons stateing bill of rights, constitutional rights. They only apply to american citizens , Not people smuggled into the country. Go to any country in the world and commit a crime , then tell them about those rights and see were it gets you.

Diane wrote on Nov 16, 2005 5:21 AM:My husband and I lost our American business due to illegal aliens as our idiot government allows these pests to stay in our Country! And I know of other Americans that could not compete with cheap labor that also lost their business. Please build a fence and place the military on the border. Americans are sick of illegal aliens.

Frida wrote on Nov 16, 2005 12:25 PM:Man, this posts wreaks of xenophobia and rhetoric. I wonder who picks the food this guy eats. Again, boycott the very own services you enjoy and the food you eat before you think you know it all. The border is no place military. Why do you want gestapo in this country? Martial Law? A police-state with no rights? \Get real. Calling people names will get you no where.