So the solution is to allow 160,000 people (120,000 of whom are sent back) a month to cross our southern border and not build physical barriers? Should we dismantle the ones we already have, including the 23 mile long fence south of San Diego?
The reason walls erected by tyrants worked was because potential escapees were ruthlessly and summarily shot on sight, as in Berlin.
Are you equating the construction of physical barriers on our southern border to keep people out to the Berlin Wall, which kept people in? If so, you are certifiable. I lived four years in Berlin (1983-87). West Berlin was an island surrounded by East Germany. Not only was there a wall surrounding West Berlin, but there were fences and walls separating East from West Germany.
If anything, using your analogy, Mexico is the corrupt tyranny with 40% of its people living below the poverty line who are trying to flee into the US, the equivalent of West Berlin. The problem is that we cannot absorb every Mexican that wants to enter the US and unlike the East Gewrmans who fled to West Germany, we don't share a common culture and language with the Mexicans.
What is your solution to stop the 500,000 to 850,000 illegal aliens who are coming into the US annually and now number anywhere from 11 to 20 million?
Leni