Ever since the illegal immigration issue popped up I've had this feeling that it is another political scam. I couldn't put my finger on it though. It just seemed like another gay marriage type issue that was brought up for political gain. In the case of gay marriage, an institution that would affect some miniscule portion of our population, the issue seemingly came out of nowhere during the 2004 elections and was used by those on the right to divide and polarize people who otherwise might vote for their opponents.

Really, gay marriage, after the initial novelty effect, would affect, like, less than a million Americans. If the worst it can get is to have 100 gay couples in a city the size of San Francisco waiting in line to get a marriage license, it is not that bad. Now divorce, there's a real threat to the institution of marriage...

So now I think I've figured out what is fishy about the illigal immigration issue. It is the same deal, a meaningless issue that gets people mad enough to vote for fascist politicians.

Why are the politicians focusing on the southern border? Well, for starters I guess that is where the biggest problem lies. Mexico has a much larger population than Canada, and Mexicans are typically poorer than Canadians and therfore more likely to want to come to the USA seeking a better life.

Fuck that. If a dude wants to come to the US, all he has to do is buy a plane ticket, get a tourist visa stamp at customs, and then fucking stay here. A plane ticket may seem out of reach to the poorest of the poor, but someone who saves his money for a few years could pull it off. Is it that Mexicans are not smart enough to figure that out, or is the illegal border crossing thing the scapegoat issue here?

It is a matter of the path of least resistance. Mexicans are not dumb (sorry racist fuckers, it's true). While it may be easiest now to cross the border in Texas or Arizona, close the borders and people will figure out other ways to get in.

Go ahead and close the fucking borders. Show INS and FBI and ATF and Militia Men and hard working white guys and every other bona fide asshole patrolling in the desert on the evening news and the politicians who pulled it off will have themselves a re-election.

Remember the controversy about the terrorists who were crossing into Washington state from Canada? Oh shit, close the border crossings on the Canadian border! Meanwhile, guys from Mexico were walking across the desert unchecked. Why didn't anyone worry about terrorists coming in from Mexico then? If I were a terrorist looking to sneak bomb making materials into the US, especially if I had brown skin, I'd take my chances in Mexico before I'd try Canada. What a fucking scam.

People have been crossing the border from Mexico to the US for decades. Illegal immigration is another issue that has been brought up to divide people along ideological lines and get them to support politicians who are not otherwise viable. Xenophobes and racists will vote for politicians who will turn around and fuck them because the politicians passed some token legislation to send meatheads to patrol the Mexican border. Godammit people are dumb. Nothing will change, except politicians will take more freedoms away from us in the name of fighting terrorism and immigrants and gays and whichever other supposed threats they can shove into the spotlight.