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The United States, The New East Berlin
by Pamela Ackerson
Last edited: Friday, October 20, 2006
Posted: Friday, October 20, 2006



     
The fence

The United States, the New East Berlin
The fence
Heavy debate goes back and forth, about whether we should build a fence blocking Mexican immigrants from coming into our country. And, honestly, I am completely confused about the actual issue and concerns. So, let me ask you this. Are we East Berlin or West Berlin? When will we start building a fence to stop Canadians from coming to our country? It is obviously the next step, isn't it?

I mean really, the United States is, in our humble opinion, the best place to live. Therefore, that would make us West Berlin. We are a thriving country, excellent schools, good paying jobs, better housing, etc. This is why Canadians come into our country. This is where the expression Snowbird came from, right? They do not have to sneak into the country. They just arrive and no one seems to have a problem with it, yet.

However, the next step is building a wall along the Canadian border as well. By building the wall, we will not have to deal with the actual issues. The actual issues prove that the Peter Principle exists in our government. We can just ignore the problem and use the excuse that we are building the wall to protect our citizens from those foreigners who seek to have a better life. Well, people of America … that makes us East Berlin.
 



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Reviewed by Don Nordstrom
Reviewed on January 28, 2022
It is apparent you don't live in the southwest USA or close to the wall, because then you would not be confused.
As far as I know, Canadians don't have cartels that smuggle in children to be sex slaves. They don't bring gangs in, with tons of Fentanal and other poisons that are killing off our children.
As far as I know, they don't smuggle guns in, so teenagers can kill each other. Farmers and ranchers don't find Canadian children dead on their ranches from smugglers.
We don't need to build centers such as in Lubbock TX to house hundreds of ex-sex slaves from Canada.
See, this is what the wall blocks out or at least tries to. Terrorists are also now finding a hole in our country, so they can start or promote terror.
See, good Mexicans come in the right way, legally. The wall stops everyone who is illegal or at least tries to when we have a legitimate government who understands the issues, such as Gov. Abbott of Texas.
I hope you are no longer confused.

Reviewed by David Clure
Reviewed on November 30, 2020
I was driving in Vermont once and missed my turn into Swanton. My dad and brother were with me. Suddenly, ahead of me was the border crossing station. What?! I realized my missed turn then and said to my family, "No problem, I'll just turn around." My brother told me, "you better not, they'll get suspicious and arrest us." What?!
"We didn't do anything wrong! I'm doing a U-turn."
Well, I decided to not turn around. I tried to explain that I missed my turn. I had not planned to enter Canada. We were detained. Had to show proof of U.S. Citizenship. Hun?! We were told that we were in a zone now where we couldn't enter Canada or our country, the U.S.
Now please tell me, why should illegal, non-residents be able to just waltz into the United States while legal residents are given the third degree. Your article is well-written, but one-sided. But it helped me understand why there is so much confusion and emotion.

Reviewed by E Phillips
Reviewed on October 21, 2016
The great majority of Mexicans come here with good intentions (much like the Canadians), obey the law, take work that residents here do not want (working the fields, in kitchens, in motels, as baby sitters and nannies, mowing lawns, and as carpenter assistants. They send money home to feed their families and pay their bills. They pay their taxes, especially Soc. Security, but cannot draw one penny from it. Did I mention their crime rate is one-half that of those who live. And to think that just 170 years ago we stole Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and part of Colorado from them. Nearly the entire population of Mexico has relatives here. And to think that they also fought with us in every war since the Civil War with valor. Yeah, we should really hate them...it's in our blood.

Reviewed by Danny Von Kanel
Reviewed on August 2, 2007
The issue is coming to our country legally. Most Americans have a problem giving people amnesty. Interesting comparrison.

Reviewed by Chrissy McVay
Reviewed on October 25, 2006
Thanks for sharing this.

Chrissy

Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on October 21, 2006
interesting article