Immigration is mainly an economic phenomenon, but the politics
surrounding reform are mired in border security talking points. The
soon-to-be-voted-on Hoeven-Corker amendment to the immigration reform
bill will double the size of border patrol and place an absurd array of
technology and fencing on the southern border. The Hoeven-Corker
amendment is a political necessity, but a policy absurdity.
Securing the border is largely a rhetorical excuse to oppose reforming the immigration system. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said of the Hoeven-Corker amendment that, “I do not think this amendment is going to touch many of the objections that I spoke about.” The Hoeven-Corker amendment militarizes the border to an embarrassing degree – replacing the Statue of Liberty’s promise of liberty to all with a wall facing southward.
http://www.cato.org/blog/border-security-obsession
Securing the border is largely a rhetorical excuse to oppose reforming the immigration system. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said of the Hoeven-Corker amendment that, “I do not think this amendment is going to touch many of the objections that I spoke about.” The Hoeven-Corker amendment militarizes the border to an embarrassing degree – replacing the Statue of Liberty’s promise of liberty to all with a wall facing southward.
http://www.cato.org/blog/border-security-obsession
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