txs, AJ. I needed a really good laugh right now.

hahaha. lol. I'm supposed to care why? Oh, that's right...for whenever I want to jump over to their side for safety, security, better economic opportunities, etc.

Yeah, I guess the fence should be lowered for escaping Americans.

This is indicative of the whole decrepit state of morality. To even contemplate and put out such an idea is sheer insanity. This just shows how low the social structure has fallen to where they say this tripe. Whats next, people are KILLING people who just want to steal their stuff or rape their family? Insanity..just damn insanity...

14 ft = two or three story house? Maybe in Mexico, with 2x4 joists, 5 ft ceilings and a sloping overhanging roof.

When I was a kid, I used to thrill in jumping off my parents house, thinking it was a semi-super feat. One story in FL, 9 ft off the ground. I worked my way to the peak of the roof, which was ~6 more feet. This is 15 ft; however, I did it from my feet on the roof to the ground. It would be almost uninteresting to hang by your hands and drop to the ground. This fence is a trivial barrier, perhaps suitable for young children.

Amazing position for any mainstream person to take. Now if it had a moat, with alligators...that would be a great reality show.

Should build it higher! Better yet, re-initiate immigration quotas. Reopen Ellis Island!

solution to illegal immigratoin: 1) issue work cards to anyone wanting to come here to work that do not grant civilization or freebie government benefits or minimum wage and other workplace regulations not specifically agreed to by the business owners.

2) Do not grant citizenship to anyone who is simply born here but doesnt have parents who are citizens

This article is like wine, it makes you laugh and then it makes you sad. What do I mean by that? Well, humanism is the name given now to altruism, and humanism is the claim behind allowing illegals (who do happen to be unspeakably poor) to cross into the US and pursue work to survive. It sounds almost "inhuman" not to do all we can for these starving, sick "economic refugees". What if you were in their shoes? The proponents ask. And THAT is altruism. That those who have more give to those who have less in order to make the needier lives incrementally less miserable. Why not! Why not? The trader principle for one, the right to property another, and the right to life as a primary. The US cannot guarantee ANYTHING to ANYONE other than RIGHTS to its CITIZENS. If it does more, as is the case now, it bankrupts itself, both economically and morally. If it does less, as is also the case now, it bankrupts itself, both culturally and morally. The rules of reality cannot change to meet the altruists' creed. A is A. Money created out of thin air to meet this humanist "obligation" is financed by American taxpayers. And no, it is not a consistent argument to say, well, Mexican-Americans pay taxes too. That is a racist argument, and those who propel it should be identified as the worst sort of collectivists.

It's no different then if you fill your mailbox with concrete and some kid breaks his arm playing mailbox baseball.
The problem is our definition of "victim" is all wrong. :-)

Sounds like a deterrent to me. If fences don't work, why is there one around prisons or the White House? I understand they just put new spikes on the one around the White House. http://www.epictimes.com/2015/07/secr... Oh the hypocrisy...

Is there no end to this? OK, stupid I can understand. Crazy even, I can understand. But this is stupid crazy on steroids. Hey idiots, the point of a fence is to keep them out. If they hurt themselves while breaking the law -- GOOD!

This is an example of situational ethics which is a lot like a hookers "negotiable virtue". When your moral compass has been "degaussed" all bets are off.

what if the fence builders topped of the fence with razor wire like they have at prisons. then nobody will try to climb the fence and break bones landing on the US side. aklso they will not necessarily have to build the fence as high. so we have a savings in fence material as well as medical costs.

Who is John Galt?

America has, and will continue to be, the pressure relief valve for Mexico. Without the open border Mexico would have exploded long ago. That's our role. I may not like it. But, I have no say in it.

A fence built to prevent sneaky entry of foreigners is supposed to be high enough to prevent most break-in attempts. That's the whole point.
But then again, it goes without saying, Now, about that paper from which the whinning originates, a little peak inside the basement might be interesting...

After finally buying that pocket pistol I've been mentioning for 3 months today, I heard that fence being too high nonsense laughed at on talk radio while I half-snoozed as my son drive me back to the other side of Birmingham. Then the conversion took a more serious turn about an illegal who murdered a woman in San Fran PC Sicko. I heard the words, "Trump was right."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/05/... .

She's a $%^ing criminal. If the military was properly employed to defend America she would have been shot or deported instantly. Raise it high enough so they break a neck instead of a nail.

We have a term for that -- "tough titty".
After living in Tucson for 24 years, I am happy to be outta there and away from the both the border and from that horde of big-brother-types.

Remember the Mexican bank bail out under Clinton back in the 90's? My suggestion was yes, we'll bail out your peso, but we'll annex Baja, Sonora, or Chihuahua in exchange. 21st Century Gadsden Purchase. Lots of mineral wealth.

I guess Eric Holder could start an ambulance chaser practice there now that he's out of work.