San Diego Union-Tribune: Comprehensive Immigration Reform & The $6.5 Billion Border Fence

The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote quite strongly about the need for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) and not just a border fence, which had 3,363 breaches, costing $1,300/repair. 

We can build all the fences we want. But we will not stop illegal immigration until there are comprehensive reforms that include a secure worker identification system, tougher sanctions against employers who hire the undocumented, tougher enforcement against legal immigrants who overstay their visa, a system to allow substantially more temporary workers into the country legally, and a path to legalization for the 12 million undocumented immigrants who now call the United States home.

- September 22, 2009

There are a few other good snippets in there as well:  the fence cost $3.6 billion to build, but will cost $6.5 billion to maintain for 20 years; the 2010 virtual fence for San Diego will actually be rolled out in 2014/15 (the 5-year plan turned into a 10-year plan). 

If you are a reader of myworkvisa.us, you will know we believe in immigration resolution and not CIR.  'Comprehensive' is a misnomer attempting to wrap all proposals into one large bill--a feat that is impossible.  In order to express our thoughts thoroughly, we plan to post more regularly on our blog and publish our plan in a forthcoming book.  Stay tune.