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Originally Posted by scteach22
Americans being killed on that border has everything in the world to do with the Dream Act. Because the opposition to its first priority is to have a secure border if there is not a secure border there will be no movement on immigration. Its only been repeated a billion times. I hope the military is sent to the border then and only then will people start thinking the border is secure an can move on to immigration.
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Even if you 'secure the border', events like this will still continue to happen.
Why?
Securing the border has nothing to do with whether violence happens in nearby cities or not.
Securing the border means preventing people from crossing over to the US.
That's it!
It does NOT mean that the US government will go into Mexican cities and provide police services.
Those teenagers were unfortunately in the wrong place at the wrong time. The gunmen probably went trying to kill the owners/management of the car dealership. Perhaps, it was a case of extortion where an organized crime group tries to extort 'protection money' from a local business.
Also, Republicans know that it is practically impossible to 'secure the border' 100%. The costs of achieving that goal would far exceed any benefits gained from achieving that goal. That is why they promise to deal with immigration reform only after the border is 'completely secure', because they know it will never be 100% secure.