Quote Originally Posted by vizigothe
Simple. A nation with a closed border is a closed nation. USA is suppose to be a free nation. A free and open nation. We cannot sacrifice our rights out of fear. Too many people have done that before and it has caused nothing but disaster.
I think "open border" means something different here.

Namely, the freely open passage for citizens of two different countries to cross with virtually no administrative oversight. It can prove to be quite problematic as in the case with the USA-Mexico border. It isn't half as problematic with the USA-Canada border, or the countries within the EU.

The alternative that most sensible people argue for is not a closed border Berlin Wall style (though the stupid Congress did vote in a Berlin Wall...that they did not intend to build), but merely a controlled border. Their arguments rely on the principle of National Sovereignty.

As for me, let's just say the movie "Crash" has an interesting thing to say about people in general.