COMMON SENSE ABOUT THE BORDER

For whatever reason, there is no political party, and apparently few citizens with the desire to protect this country. The current front-running Democrat in the presidential sweepstakes as well as the Republican candidate, both believe in an open southern border. Their positions can't be based on the welfare of the citizens of this country, but I think it is based on their own self-interests. They both want the Mexicans that ARE citizens as well as the prospective citizens ( The current Illegals) to see them as the champions of the illegals - which I believe, they think will turn into votes, and thus job security. If they were at all concerned with the welfare of USA citizens, they would have to be against an open border.
There are many reasons to be for a secure border - National Security, Jobs for citizens, an ever increasing tax burden on taxpayers, a drain on entitlements for our native born free-loaders, added crime, etc. I read a survey that stated that 1/3 of all the inmates in California are illegals. Here in Memphis, there are over 10,000 new lawbreakers that are illegals every year.
And of course, part of the problem is all of the money that surrounds the issue of illegal aliens.
One recent Sunday I was driving around doing my shopping and I saw a woman at a major intersection wearing a sandwich board sign. The sign was written in Spanish, but I could read it - it was an advertisement stating that you don't have to be a documented resident of the country to buy a house! And to call this woman for help in being an illegal homeowner!
Have you seen the news stories of the amounts of illegal narcotics that are stopped at the border? Then you can guess about the amounts that are missed. You can also guess as to the amounts of weapons, explosives and terrorists that aren't stopped at the border with it in its current state of insecurity.
There was a just an Absolut Vodka commercial that was produced in Spanish that showed the North American Continent with the western half of the USA as part of Mexico, with the caption, "How it would look in an Absolut World." This glamorizes the "Reconquista" philosophy of Mexico Firsters.