To reiterate:
If the boarder is so dangerous and we are about to be invaded I want to know why the entire US Military are not stationed there standing side by side bayonets fixed and machine guns ready. In fact I suggest that a cheaper way of securing the boarder(one based on an old simple method) could be used. Three rows of heavy duty Cyclone fence. The first about 10 feet back from the boarder. 20 feet high or so topped by razor wire. Warning signs in English, Spanish or whatever about the next fence. About 20 feet further in is fence two Electrified to a lethal level. Also marked with signs. 20 feet further back to fence three. The space between two and three to be seeded with anti-personnel mines. Then about every 1000 feet or so a tower with machine guns and watchers. I am certain that there are many "Volunteers" who are real Patriots who would give up a month or so of their lives to protect the Boarder. I understand there are Citizens now who are privately patrolling the boarder on their own. This type of security worked for the Old Soviet Union very well for 50 years and could be supplemented by electronic counter measure as well. Tunnels found could be imploded or collapsed.
I've been saying we should do this for years. I personally would prefer this method to a wall. I realize it's a lot longer trip to Ellis, so it can be done right, so here's what I don't understand, why don't we have a few immigration offices spread across our Southern border. I don't care if people immigrate, I care that criminals and terrorists can get in a little to easily, from the South. But first, it would be nice if we could afford to help American citizens first, in this order.
#1)(tie) Children/elderly
#2) Veterans that have served or country.
#3) People that have worked hard their whole lives, and now need help. Although I will say my disability case went through fast, and I'm getting a little more then I thought I would.
#4) citizens that have done nothing, but are still American citizens.
#5) any/everyone that's left.
I realize they would need several offices across the whole stretch of border, and to staff these offices, some of the immigrants crossing over, should be hired to help get them started on gainful employment, and a path to not being a criminal. I also think any gang, cartel, or otherwise violent immigrant should be permanently marked, in case he tries to come back, and they should be sent back, by catapult. The non-citizen offenders that commit the most vile of crimes, like murder and rape, should be executed promptly. Sorry, but if that's your deal, you don't deserve the rights our Constitution holds, for it's citizens.