Long, Hot Summer--Border enforcement and the deaths of illegal immigrants.

National Review ^ | 6-9-06 | Mark Krikorian

[Graybeard58]

I am becoming more convinced every day that the long term solution to this problem is certaim and severe penalties on people who employ illegals. dry up the jobs for them and just maybe they will go home.

[Ditter]

I don't know why these Mexicans keep trying to cross that country on foot in the summer months. The heat is unbelievable to those who have never experienced it. You couldn't carry enough water to keep you alive and there is NO water there for miles and miles. I almost had a heat stroke in Oct. just south of the Rio Grande, if I had not had a truck with ice water in it, I would have been a goner.

[hershey]

The message of the story should be that Mexico owes its citizens a decent life. People dying in the desert because of homegrown corruption/violence/stupidity/cupidity is Mexico's fault, not the US.

[SR 50]

The parents of anyone dying in the desert under the age of 18 years should be charged with murder.

[sgtbono2002]

Exactly.

[tom paine 2]

They need to stay in their own country and overthrow the government. We should be giving weapons to the people of Mexico so that they can kill their oppressors.

[calex59]

If people didn't come here illegally none would die in the desert. The fault lies with the illegals and the Governments of the countries they are coming from(mainly Mexico). Fix the problems at home and stay there!

The US is not responsible or able to take care of everyone in the world who wants us to. We don't owe these people a job, free medical, school and whatever else perks they think we owe them. Let them stay home and they will not die in our desert. Period.

[brytlea]

I haven't seen statistics, but I think most people succeed in getting acrosss, so I'm sure they take that into consideration and decide that they will be in the majority who will make it thru.
susie

[Ditter]

I think most of them are brought by truck or train to the border and they cross and are picked up again by a vehicle. I have seen them waiting in the brush on the side of south Texas roads. There are camps alongside the train tracks.

I think some may think they can make it on their own and don't realize what they are getting into. My husband found a human skull in our hunting pasture but no indication of how he died, snake bite, heat exhaustion, murder??.

I know you think Florida is hot, but it can't compare to the unbelievable heat of the border country of Texas, NM, Arizona and CA.

[brytlea]

Actually, I'm from NM, and lived in W. TX for years. I know how bad it is. As I said, I haven't seen the stats, but the point is, these folks know people succeed in getting into the the US. Perhaps they're mistaken about how many actually get thru where they're trying to get thru.
And, Florida is NOTHING compared to the desert southwest, you're right there! ;)
susie

[SJackson]

I don't know why these Mexicans keep trying to cross that country on foot in the summer months. The heat is unbelievable to those who have never experienced it. You couldn't carry enough water to keep you alive and there is NO water there for miles and miles

I've spent time in the backcountry along the border in Arizona and Texas, though never in the summer, I'm not stupid. That people die is to be expected. The only solution is to stop them from entering. Water caches would provide a false sense of security, and likely make the problem worse.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Long, Hot Summer--Border enforcement and the deaths of illegal immigrants.

The liberal "one world" group always tries to portray illegal immigration in terms of "honest people seeking a better life". Maybe that's true for some, but not all. Otherwise, why do we have to deal with increased gang actvities, crime, election fraud and general failure to assimilate into OUR society?

Those illegals that die trying to enter this country are somewhat unfortunate, but no more so than some punk that gets shot while trying to hold up a convenience store. If they weren't breaking our laws, then they wouldn't have the problem.

[Ditter]

Yes you do know how hot it is but if you were from Virginia or Colorado you wouldn't have a clue. Some of these people are from the mountains or like our server at our favorite Mexican restaurant last night, from Guatemala. Yes a lot get thru but I think a lot die trying and are never found.

[brytlea]

I wonder if the stats on that are somewhere online?
susie

[gubamyster]

ping

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

How many of these INVADERS that work in food service have health certificates?

[Ditter]

I don't know, ask Maaarrrvviin Zzindler!