As to your last two sentences, I know the feeling. I wasn't actually thinking terrorists so much as asylum seekers, but as to your points about terrorists, I think our home grown ones are the much bigger threat. Islamic terrorists would see the terrain as not in their bailiwick (Afghanistan terrorists would be different) which is why the…
As to your last two sentences, I know the feeling. I wasn't actually thinking terrorists so much as asylum seekers, but as to your points about terrorists, I think our home grown ones are the much bigger threat. Islamic terrorists would see the terrain as not in their bailiwick (Afghanistan terrorists would be different) which is why the only time we know of that they tried it, they went through an actual vehicle crossing at the Washington border. For me the Southern border is the bigger issue and not just because of asylum seekers, but because the cartels are now making seriously big money in human trafficking. I don't think building a wall is going to change that, nor do I think increasing the Border Patrol is the answer. We need to form a dedicated alliance with Mexico and Central American countries to end the human trafficking component. Need to hit them at the beginning and the end instead of pretending just hitting them at the end is sufficient.
As to your last two sentences, I know the feeling. I wasn't actually thinking terrorists so much as asylum seekers, but as to your points about terrorists, I think our home grown ones are the much bigger threat. Islamic terrorists would see the terrain as not in their bailiwick (Afghanistan terrorists would be different) which is why the only time we know of that they tried it, they went through an actual vehicle crossing at the Washington border. For me the Southern border is the bigger issue and not just because of asylum seekers, but because the cartels are now making seriously big money in human trafficking. I don't think building a wall is going to change that, nor do I think increasing the Border Patrol is the answer. We need to form a dedicated alliance with Mexico and Central American countries to end the human trafficking component. Need to hit them at the beginning and the end instead of pretending just hitting them at the end is sufficient.