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Dear Republican Presidential candidates. Herman Cain will see your border fence and raise you one.
On a campaign tour through Tennessee, Cain elaborated on what will be a central portion of his immigration policy: a big electric fence. Cain’s fence, he announced on Saturday, would be electrified and run the entire course of the US-Mexican border with voltage high enough to kill anyone trying to enter illegally.
Cain’s ideal fence would be 20 feet high with barbed wire on the top with a sign saying “It will kill you–Warning.” In a campaign stop in Tennessee, Cain clarified that the sign would be written in both English and Spanish.
In case the big electric fence wasn’t enough, Cain would add some extra (unspecified) “technology” to cut down on illegal immigration. He also suggested adding American troops armed with live ammunition to patrol the border, indicating maybe that “technology” he’s referring to is something akin to drone crafts armed with bombs.
Brent Wilkes, Vice Chair of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda said Cain’s remarks reflect the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric coming from the right on immigration, noting that most border crossings amount to a misdemeanor. That means Cain is suggesting death for a misdemeanor offense.
It’s hard to imagine the Republican field upping the ante on the immigration rhetoric beyond these latest statements. But give them time and I’m sure they will.
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God's speed.
Thank a republican for this. Vote republicans out of office in every state at every opportunity.
Just goes to prove POLITICIANS AND BIG OIL ARE IN BED ALL OVER THE WORLD. While, we the citizens pay…
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+ add your ownThere is another way to look at fences: they also keep US in. Just because a politician says he wants to keep some people out doesn't mean that is the whole story.
Get real, dude! Coming in this country illegally is a misdemeanor. I guess we should execute people for jaywalking and parking illegally. Hmmm, I wonder if ol' Herman has ever let his parking meter expire...
Fire the bug zapper up u got my vote
Anyone watch Machete? Life imitating art.
~Another example of Cain putting his foot in his mouth!!~
I am not supporting illegal immigrants. I believe that anyone wanting to live in the USA should do so legally by going through the necessary procedures. However, an electrified fence to MURDER anyone trying to cross the border - this is unheard of. Cain is one sick person to think this would help. Why not put an electrified fence around the entire USA and keep everyone from entering?
what a dork!
When a person needs to enter or leave the U.S.A. across the border -- due to an emergency -- having a fence in the way will not help if a person is on foot and far from a road. Now maybe this is something out of a movie -- that the earth gets to hot and then too cold, and we all have to walk, take horses, and get down into Mexico because suddenly the earth get to hot and then later too cold.
PLEASE NO FENCE. It is not useful and is destructive to the earth. Please read the science. There are other solutions to border issues.
A fence will not solve the real problems, and it will make them worse -- destruction of the earth, ecosystems. hmm -- however -- what will solve the problem.
Women-Minorities-Gay-Straight:
USE your VOICE or LOSE your VOICE so your (children)daughter's have a VOICE and FREEDOM of CHOICE!
I can close my eye's and in vision that ELECTRIC FENCE Cain came up with and all the DEAD HISPANIC'S being ZAPPED and KILLED trying to reach the LAND of the FREE! It will not STOP THEM from coming into the UNITED STATE'S they'll just come up with a new ROUTE. They'd still try to get over the ELECTRIC FENCE by stacking up DEAD bodies and stepping on top of them to hike over the FENCE.
The REPUBLICAN'S wouldn't need to START anymore WAR'S to help decrease the EARTH'S high POPULATION GROWTH. Not a GOOD IDEA if your HISPANIC!
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