My point, typos aside, is this.
A)Positioning a group of weekend warriors on a single spot along the border will inevitably prove ineffective in actually stopping many illegals who would quite sensibly cross at another location or by other means.
B)As a protest, it sends the message that the issue is one embraced only by those on the border, i.e. a small minority of the folks in the S.W.
C)Since putting weekenders on the border isn't going to stem the tide of illegals coming into the country, we should figure out what will prove effective. That means understanding who is crossing, why they are crossing and what awaits them on the other side.
D) Assuming they are crossing for jobs and not to visit Disneyland, we should figure out who is hiring them and why? Are they being hired in clusters for construction jobs or singly as housekeepers? Secondly, who is providing housing, transportation and the necessary "infrastructure" to live in the U.S.? That is to say, what is the support network like?
E)I would suggest that laws -- federal, state, and local -- aimed at removing the wage incentive to hire and eliminating the infratructure would prove more effective.
You are wrong. Your points should be B-F. Step A is to seal the gaps between the legal points of entry. Then, and only then, can you effectively begin to address the root of the problem.
You can't drain the swamp until you repair the dike that's letting the ocean rush in. If you can't see that, well...
Most of the Minuteman Project participants that I met at the events of this last weekend were not residents of Arizona. Most came from other states. Look at the photos - do you see all of the flags of different states flying? The project brought together volunteers from all 50 states, not just the southwest.
I agree that the interior is where a lot of the problem actually is. So do the participants down here from all 50 states. However, a protest in Nebraska or somewhere like that would be ineffective. For one, nobody would get it. Second, what is your target? You can't just grab every hispanic or foreign looking busboy and try to report them to Border Patrol - as if there is any enforcement there to pick up the illegal aliens to do happen to somehow identify. On the border it is quite easy to identify the illegal aliens. Really, the stand out like a sore thumb. And Border Patrol is right there to grab them if you call them. Also, there's a lot more for the media to report on down here than just the project volunteers and their activities. There's trail after trail full of garbage, human feces, discarded clothing, medication, food, all kinds of trash left by the invaders. There's ranchers to interview who talk about all of the damage done to their properties, their livestock, etc. There's residents to interview who are living in fear of the massive wave of border intruders, the violent coyotes, the armed drug runners, etc. This is the best place to bring a number of required elements together to make the point that is attempting to be made. Yes, interior enforcement is one of the largest issues, but it is far more difficult to make that point effectively.