Below is a list of items taken from a post. You outlined talk about our borders being Pourous. There is no way we can provide real security on our border unless we actually close it. Neither candidate is willing to do that. Did you know that along the southern border of Mexico they have a giant army and they shoot people attempting to cross? We could do the same thing. The army has plenty of night vision goggles and other equipment to detect people when they sneak across our borders. Just put up a few towers and shoot people as the crawl thru under or over the fence. We could easily light the fence up at night or put down some landmines in unpopulated desert areas. Why should we care if some stupid mexican invaders die in the desert? No one is forcing them to invade our country.
I would not send Mexicans back to Mexico, I would instead drop them off on the southermost coast of Peru and invite them to try to find their way back. To Hell with Mexico and the stupid plants we have there. This country does not need to deal with Mexico just close the border and hire some Americans.
Politicians just do not have the guts to do the right thing.
More secure borders.
Our borders are far too porous, especially to cargo that
comes by sea or air. Our plan will improve security at
our borders, seaports, and airports. We will:
? Improve the detection equipment in our shipping
systems,
? Ensure that private companies obtain adequate
information about items they are shipping,
? Work with other nations to increase inspections of
seaborne cargo,
? Adopt tighter controls on air cargo, tons of which
goes uninspected every day,
? Replace the unsuccessful airport screening system
with a new system that identifies security threats while
honoring American values,
? Work with Canada, Mexico, and Caribbean nations
to strengthen border controls, using better technology
and more personnel to improve inspections while
speeding up commerce.
Hardened targets.
We will launch a major effort to harden our critical infrastructure
and most vulnerable targets?from chemical
and nuclear plants to rails, tunnels and key cyber networks
?and better protect them from attack. For example,
there are more than 100 chemical plants where an attack
could endanger more than one million people, and the
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FBI has warned that al Qaeda may target our chemical
industry. The Bush administration was moving toward a
commonsense solution that would set minimum standards
for safety at chemical plants?but after heavy lobbying
by the chemical industry, they backed down. We
will put safety first. We will:
? Better protect nuclear plants and weapons facilities
as an urgent priority,
? Require new security standards at chemical plants,
including more guards, better fencing, and use of less
dangerous chemicals where possible,
? Improve railroad and subway security by taking
steps such as providing chemical release detectors
and tightening security at critical entry points.
Domestic readiness.
First responders are the first ones up the stairs in the
event of an emergency, and it is wrong that today they
are last in line when it comes to this administration?s
budgets. Our plan will improve domestic readiness so
people on the frontlines have the training and equipment
to respond to any attack with all the speed, skill, and
strength required. In the end, homeland security is not
about changing the alert from yellow to orange; the colors
of safety are firefighter red, EMT white, and police
officer blue. We will:
? Provide assistance to police and fire departments to end
serious shortages of manpower, training, and equipment,
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? Modernize our emergency warning system to provide
localized warnings, treat frontline fighters as partners,
and give families all the information they need,
? Enlist citizens in homeland security efforts through an
expanded AmeriCorps national service program, and a
?21st Century Neighborhood Watch? initiative focused
on emergency response needs.
Although there has been progress in preparing for a
bioterrorist attack, we still do not have strong national
leadership in planning or coordination. Our hospitals are
overwhelmed and our public health system cannot handle
large, lethal epidemics of disease. We lack adequate supplies,
drugs, and vaccines. We will:
? Put one person in charge of overseeing all bioterrorism
programs, budgets, and strategic priorities in order to
establish a coordinated, national response strategy,
? Work with state and local leaders to establish the
benchmarks for state and local preparedness required
by law and still missing today,
? Revitalize our public health system to improve
monitoring of disease outbreaks,
? Harness America?s bioscience genius to improve
preparedness for a bioterror attack by creating a
Medical Arsenal of Democracy dedicated to
speeding drug and vaccine development,
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? Strengthen our hospitals and ensure they have emergency
plans to address a surge in medical needs under mass
casualty and exposure conditions.
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