[naturalman1975]

I wish America would follow suit with a policy like that.

To be fair, it is a lot easier for Australia to police borders made up of wide ocean than a long, thin, land border. What is practical in our situation isn't necessarily as practical in others.

[montag813]

To be fair, it is a lot easier for Australia to police borders made up of wide ocean than a long, thin, land border. What is practical in our situation isn't necessarily as practical in others.

Israel does it easily, now that they put up an impenetrable fence. If we spent the same per mile that they did, it would cost less than $7 billion to build. And Federal law requires it: The Secure Fence Act (2006)