Comments on: “Good fences make good neighbors.” https://habitablezone.com/2013/06/21/good-fences-make-good-neighbors/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:46:53 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2013/06/21/good-fences-make-good-neighbors/#comment-24605 ER Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:45:43 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=33948#comment-24605 Border immigration is down, in fact, more Mexicans have left the US than have entered it, lately! This may be partly due to government action, or to a weakening US economy, but still it is a fact. Deportations are higher than ever under the Obama administration, and spending on border security is up. The more I think about it, this border security razzle-dazzle is to guarantee those who exploit Mexican illegal labor have unfettered access to it, and the Daddy Warbucks Establishment of the GOP is using it as a sop to the TParty types so they will just shut up and get out of the way. Border immigration is down, in fact, more Mexicans have left the US than have entered it, lately! This may be partly due to government action, or to a weakening US economy, but still it is a fact. Deportations are higher than ever under the Obama administration, and spending on border security is up.

The more I think about it, this border security razzle-dazzle is to guarantee those who exploit Mexican illegal labor have unfettered access to it, and the Daddy Warbucks Establishment of the GOP is using it as a sop to the TParty types so they will just shut up and get out of the way.

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