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Originally Posted by marichiko
Patrick, it FEELS racist to me when 6% of illegals come from Canada, yet no vigilantes are patroling the Canadian border the way they are the Mexican one.
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So...which is the bigger problem? Taking race completely out of it, which border is the bigger problem? I think it makes at least a little sense to focus on the biggest problem which happens to be our Southern border, which happens to be crossed by Hispanics. We don't need to secure our Southern border *because* they are Hispanics, we need to secure our Southern border because it is laughably porous. If millions of Hispanics can get across it, so can a couple of dozen malcontents with a suitcase full of plutonium. If nothing else, they'll be lost in the shuffle.
As to no enforcement of business, well, that's changing, too. In fact, I was just ordered by my corporate masters to review all my I-9 procedures and files and identify anyone who isn't legally qualified to work in the US. This is patently not racially biased, because there are people of foreign origin who work here who are *going* to have a problem, and people of foreign origin who aren't.
Is this whole mess an economic issue? Yup. Is it a security issue? Damn straight. But a racial issue? Hell, no.