Editor,
I heard in the news media about the national security fence that will separate the U.S. from Mexico.
If this fence is supposed to be for the good of our country, why haven't we started building one across our northern border to separate us from Canada?
After all, what's good for the goose should be good for the gander. Don't you agree?
Otherwise, don't you think our actions against our southern neighbors might be construed as racial discrimination?
The latter notwithstanding, how does our government expect us to believe it when it is involved in the following shenanigans? Specifically, there are great holes in the security fence being built across our southern border.
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According to the Texas Observer, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said this 18-foot-high monstrosity is necessary to keep out terrorists and illegal immigrants. He asserts that border residents must sacrifice their land, homes, businesses, heritage and peace of mind for the greater good.
But the reporter uncovered curious gaps in the very tall wall. For example, while it will rip through the backyards of low and modest income families in Brownsville, it miraculously stops at the edge of River Bend Country Club, a lush golf course.
The wall picks up again on the other side of the resort. Wouldn't you think enterprising border-crossers will simply learn to dress up as golfers or caddies and putt right through this gap?
Then, further up the border, there's another special gap for Sharyland Plantation, a 6,000-acre development of million-dollar homes. Billionaire oil heir Ray Hunt of Dallas owns Sharyland. Hunt has donated $35 million to help build President Bush's presidential library.
In view of our government's pandemic hypocrisy, how do you expect American citizens to believe and support them? I am beginning to appreciate our American-Indian expression: "White men speak with a forked tongue."
In my opinion, this horrendous amount of money that our government is wasting on this fence could have been better spent on education, helping the less fortunate, health insurance or some similar dire national problem.
Nahum Castillo
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