rssMiller Argues for East Germany-like Border Security Plan
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 10:06 am
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Speaking of border security, Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller, a Tea Partier who ousted Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the state’s Republican primary, has a proposal for how to make the borders safer: Emulate East Germany.
“The first thing that has to be done is secure the border,” Miller said Sunday. “East Germany was very, very able to reduce the flow. Now, obviously, other things were involved. We have the capacity to, as a great nation, secure the border. If East Germany could, we could.”
Looking past the fact East Germany had more trouble keeping its residents in than keeping immigrants out, how much would it cost to implement East Germany-style border security?
First, it would require building a fence along the country’s borders, which could cost as much as $49 billion over a 25-year lifespan of the fence, according to a non-partisan Congressional Research Service report. That cost accounts for up to $70 million per mile for construction and upkeep of the fence, which would likely be damaged by would-be border crossers. Plus, there would be the cost of acquiring private land along the borders, hiring private contractors for construction and increased staffing of Border Patrol and customs agents along the borders.
Murkowski, who is challenging Miller with a write-in campaign, also supports a border fence. She voted the approve the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which allowed for a fence to be constructed along 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border — still a far cry from creating a fence along the entire 1,950-mile border.
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Comment posted October 19, 2010 @ 2:35 pm
I'm sure the United States could hire Russian mercs already well trained in keeping people in. They'd need that. OBL would see the destruction of our freedom and correctly declare victory. Since no one in his right mind would try to get into the country and al Qaeda would be concentrating on Tibet…
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Comment posted October 19, 2010 @ 3:51 pm
I don't understand what the controversy is all about. No matter who built it, a good fence is a good fence. And we need a good fence on the border. So where's the controversy?
Comment posted October 19, 2010 @ 3:59 pm
You can build a 100 foot high fence along the Mexican border. Go right ahead. It won't stop anyone. It won't solve our problems. It won't secure the border. This project will waste money, pure and simple.
But if you're in the fence building, security patrolling, citizen jailing, immigrant deporting, and just general fascist dictating business, this will be GREAT for you.
Comment posted October 19, 2010 @ 4:31 pm
His comments are ridiculous and scary. Would he also suggest E. German tactics of shooting those who attempt to violate the border? This guy is stupid and a wackadoo, and shouldn't be a politician.
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Comment posted October 19, 2010 @ 6:05 pm
Citizens are jailed everyday. I was jailed once because I looked like somebody else. It took three days to get it straightened out. It happens.
If we stop enforcing the law because on occasion an innocent person might be jailed then we should just fire all the police everywhere.
The other things you mentioned: fence building, security patrolling, and [illegal] immigrant deporting, are good things. They are just common sense practices for any sovereign country if it wishes to assert and maintain its sovereignty. What's fascist and dictatorial about that?
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Comment posted October 20, 2010 @ 6:50 am
This baghead clown stated he was on duty near the wall when he was in the Army, but didn't apparently learn anything. Or maybe he did, by hiring some active duty Army guys to “protect” him from evil reporters.
His actions, decisions and choice of words already make him unfit for public office.
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