Quotes are taken from a message written by Leona to Charles on 07/29/96...
LP>You know, I totally neglected to say that.  You know why?  I think in AZ
LP>we have come almost to a mind set of being resigned to it happening.
LP>The US southern border is just too immense to be policed effectively.
LP>Short of employing thousands more INS officers, installing electric
LP>fences for thousands of miles with motion sensing machine guns every 50
LP>or so feet, it just doesn't seem a feasably viable feat.
With the lengthy, desolate stretches of border, I'd guess you're right - 
we're not going to stop it by "arming" the border.
LP>CB> we can make it more attractive for employers to check for 
identification
LP>CB> when hiring, it would go a long way to stopping the flow of illegal
LP>
LP>Supposedly, the Immigration Act of 1986 already addressed this.
LP>Employers are all briefed here about the procedures & forms to use.
But, if Tom is right, the immigrants are no longer stopping just inside 
the border to work -they are headed inland, to places like Arkansas, to 
work for Tyson Foods.
LP>Ooooh, I could make a whole 'nuther thread there.  I have a problem with
LP>spending $16,000/year to educate one child who will require managed care
LP>until death & only $2,500 on others with the potential to become high
LP>earning taxpayers (but don't because the funds for their education is
LP>spent to teach the 1st kid to get dressed.  [Ducking.])
What you suggest is not politically correct, but it IS a reasonable 
question to ask.  Where is the equity for Joe Average?  How could that 
funding be best spent for the greatest good?
And I promise - no more remarks that make you look liberal.
Chuck Beams
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cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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