Securing the border is one of those phrases that rolls deliciously off the tongue, strikes a glow in the heart of anyone who fears the invasion of the Hispano-Catholic hordes to the south, and makes a great bumper-sticker, short and powerful. Three small words. But what do people really mean by it? Control every arroyo and byway along the Rio Grande, across the Sonora, all the way to the Pacific?

IF you want to succeed, my frightened friends, you have to get real about the problem and why it has been chosen as the problem to solve.

In this case the problem is not the sacred border, but the humans on either side of it.

This notion that Mexicanos are anti-matter to the decency of America is absolute bull; they are more decent and hard-working on the whole than many of those born north of the imaginary line.

It's a silly poturing proposition. We've already thrown millions, and the border is till 90% porous.

Maybe, just maybe, we are solving the wrong problem because a lot of people resorted to sound and fury instead of analysis?


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