Why do so many think that a border fence will keep illegals out?

I say a show called Penn & Teller's Bullshit on Showtime, about illegal immigration. They got a guy to hire six illegals from a home improvement store parking lot. They went to the desert and had the illegals spend a day building a copy of the wall Bush wants to consruct. It is the same as a current wall in CA. After spending the day constructing it, they had them try to defeat it, in teams of two. One team had to go over it, one team had to go under it, and one team had to go through it. All three teams made it in less than a few minutes. The ones with the snips that cut through the wall made it the fastest.

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I agree; it's crazy. If paying a gangster "coyote" to take them to the border and walking through a hot desert with tons of deadly scorpions with no water doesn't deter them, what makes these idiots think that a wall is going to deter them?..ridiculous.
Great, so we're giving Mexicans ideas on how to sneak into our borders when this fence is constructed, People amaze me on how stupid they are.
A wall will slow them down making them easier to stop.
no fence will keep ppl out thats a fact! However it may slow down the flow.
The one in San Diego sure slowed them down. Crime dropped dramatically, too. Instead of a squalid crime ridden area, there is now a Neiman Marcus backed up against the border fence.

We think it will HELP because it has, already.

And it will be in place when border patrol quietly fails to be funded, going forward.

Fool me nine times, shame on you, fool me ten.
Just punish illegal aliens so badly that they will NOT WANT to come to the USA
It's the German Shepards that will really stop them.
has it stopped them yet.. fence or no fence still hasnt helped.. they get here anyway they can.. why waste money on a fence?
Actually the fence in San Diego works. so you are being misinformed. There also needs to be additional border guards and the laws on the books need to be enforced. If we do that the illegal problem will go reduce dramatically on its own. Fining employers, making it illegal to house and hire these people will be a big deterrence.
A well guarded one will ...We need more minute men
Well if you get a car alarm it will reduce your chances if having it stolen.Will it work 100%?No.Will it help?Yes.Big time.
It wont..but whats interesting is they had already voted and passed to fund 750 miles of fence several months ago...this bill included funding for 300 miles..it would have killed the previous bill and the fence building would have been cut by over 400 miles...this bill was a farce from the begining..and to call those that opposed it racist is a cop out for pandering for votes.
Besides..it wouldn't get built in the quickest time possible..there is still a 10 mile open portion that can't be built on because it will harm the enviroment..so the idea that this is realistic is also a pipe dream.
first off not if we build it like the berlin wall my fav but its less on the fact that it keeps um out for example plp have metal gates to keep out other plp but if a person really wants in they'll get in but the person who the home is for it makes him feel protected and that whats inside these boundries is mine so its a sense of owner ship and i jusy may protect a little more if we all a moss pit and electricty and dog lots of dogs dogs need work ya know
The purpose of the wall is not to keep people out, it is so people sleep better at night thinking it will keep people out. Additionally, a Representative voting for a wall will get some Conservative votes. Of course the wall construction will be contracted so there is another reason to build it.
The billions and billions of dollars that we would put into building this "Berlin" wall would be much more devistating to our economy than you can imagine. The deportation of people who are farming our crops, building our houses, and doing those "dirty" jobs we refuse to do because we'd rather sit on welfare, would also be detrimental to our society and economy. We need to take the blinders off and see both sides and stop making decisions out of and living in fear.
we need a 5 foot thick wall of pure concrete . Let's see them snip through that. We don't need a chicken wire fence, that's stupid.
Remember it is a T V show. You didn't see what was edited out.
It will , so don't worry about it.
Because ignorance is bliss.
NO work no pay no stay not much left.
then what would you propose to do in order to stop illegal immigration?
I'd like to see 'em outrun a bullet!

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