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Drudge listed USAToday's article about growing support for a fence on the Mexican border.  They listed another website, www.weneedafence.com and I think it's pretty persuasive.

I hedged on the $8 billion expense for a complete fence until I was reminded that Arizona and New Mexico have both declared states of emergency.  No more hedging.  Let's appropriate the money and get to building.  I would only add a few caveats:

1.  You learn in the army that any obstacle you build (minefields, etc) that you don't keep under observation is not an obstacle.  Same with the fence.  There must be provisions to monitor it effectively.  I assume the $8B covers that, but it needs to be the first priority, not the last when implementing this project.
   
2.  Build first in the trouble spots.  Given that much of the terrain is open desert, I posit that the desert itself is a natural obstacle.  There is little need to build fence where no one goes.  Build in the highly trafficed areas first and plan to expand as people find other crossing zones.  In other words, tie the fence into existing natural and man-made obstacles.  (also an army concept!)

I think we should support this initiative!  Let's get past the fear of pissing off latinos (a completely unfounded fear) and get the fence built.  In a parallel effort we need to develop a thoroughly modern, common-sense guest worker program to facilitate legal worker migration.  Migrant labor, legal and illegal, keeps our country and our economy going.  We should honor their contribution by legitimizing it.