Texas Mayors Want to Widen Rio Grande

AOL News ^ | November 13, 2007

[Clintonfatigued]

Texan mayors opposed to a planned border fence with Mexico want to widen and deepen the Rio Grande river instead, and say it will be more effective in keeping out illegal immigrants.

The U.S. government aims to build 700 miles of new fencing along the frontier with Mexico to boost security and try to stem the tide of immigration from the south.

[Clintonfatigued]

If this is cheaper than building the fence and it works, why not?

[wastedyears]

How about just activate the Riot Act for the border? The situation is that dire.

[Pining_4_TX]

Can we stock it with alligators, too?

[Psycho_Bunny]

Texan mayors opposed to a planned border fence with Mexico want to widen and deepen the Rio Grande river instead

uh.....First of all, ya - right...lol

Second of all, why is anyone asking freakin' mayors in Texas what they think about the nations borders?

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Pirhanas would be cheaper.

[P8riot]

Only if they stock it with nile crocodiles.

[Red_Devil 232]

I guess they have never seen one of these!

[YellowRoseofTx]

A wider river would increase the time it takes to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico to up to four or five minutes, making it easier to spot would-be immigrants and allow Border Patrol speed boats to monitor the river and make arrests more easily.

But a government official who requested anonymity said Washington was concerned a bigger river may cost more lives. "A wider, deeper river means more people may drown," the official said.

[Eye of Unk]

Yes I think it should be bigger for the patrol boats.

[Red_Devil 232]

Rio Grand ... Wider and Deeper ... Garbage Bags Now Band in USA!

Rio Grand ... Wider and Deeper ... Garbage Bags Now Band in USA!

[JamesP81]

If this is cheaper than building the fence and it works, why not?

It's easier to swim a river than it is to climb a fence. Not saying it wouldn't help, but I still think a fence would be better.

[Red_Devil 232]

I guess this is just to practical?

[DesScorp]

These Mayors have basically declared their allegiance to Mexico.

[NonValueAdded]

Don’t forget to stock it with gators

[RedCell]

That’s EXACTLY what we need. None of this sissy chain-link stuff.

[Red_Devil 232]

We should fire Boeing and Halliburton and hire an Israeli construction firm!

[org.whodat]

Butt holes are looking for a cash cow.

[org.whodat]

To be serious, it is just about the dumbest thing they have come up with lately. You cannot make a river wider are deeper. You can only build damns for people to walk across and small lakes. Low IQ mayors should be the title.