Wall of America

There has been much talk and many proposals on how to handle the illegal immigrant situation. Senator McCain and Senator Ted Kennedy came together in a joint effort and proposed an immigration reform bill that would lead to the amnesty and eventual citizenship of approximately 12-million illegal immigrants, which was eventually defeated in the Senate.

Illegal immigration is a very sensitive subject where 80% of the American People wanted some sort of immigration reform, which included the closing and securing of the border. After much hesitance by the Bush Administration the solution was to build a fence along the border. The cost of such a fence is of course, enormous, and the fence itself, is of course a joke. Any U.S. marine could get over the fence within a few seconds. This is a shoddy attempt, at best, to appease the American People at Taxpayers expense.

We at America’s Voice are not against immigration, but we are opposed to illegal immigration. Although the fence is a good idea, we at America’s Voice believe it should be on a grander scale. We believe that the fence should be replaced by the “Wall of America”.

The “Wall of America” would be on the scale of the ‘Great Wall of China’. This wall would essentially be a super highway consisting of 4 to 6 lanes across, 50-feet high and about 30-feet deep. The walls on both sides would consists of re-enforced concrete about 5 to 8-feet thick. There would be guard towers every half mile on the Mexico side containing the latest in surveillance technology. These towers would also be large enough to allow the border patrol to station an officer in the tower. These towers would be accessible via steps or an elevator from inside the wall in an open space between the walls below the highway.

This open space under the highway would be 3-stories deep where the ground floor would also be a highway specifically for the border patrol and/or possible troop movements along the entire stretch of highway above. The other two lower stories could house the control rooms that monitor the cameras and any other listening devices to prevent tunneling or explosions of any sort.

On the American side there would be on and off ramps at various locations, especially where there is current border crossings. These locations would have the usual GAS, FOOD, and LODGING available, like any other U.S highway.

The "Wall of America" would be built completely on the American side of the border by anyone who would be willing to work on the project for a fair wage and benefits. Each border state would be responsible for building their section of the wall, which would be funded by both the state and the U.S. Government via tax dollars.

If we can fund a war, wouldn’t the money be better spent putting thousands of people and ex-military solders to work to build a monument that could easily become the 9th wonder of the world leaving behind a testament to the determination and engineering genius of Americans from the 21st century?

Once completed each border state could put a toll on the part of the highway that runs through their state to recoup the money spent in building it. Since this would be a modern marvel it could also be billed as a tourists attraction that would allow tourists from around the world to travel the 720 miles of highway stopping along the way at the Hotels that would surly be built.

The “Wall of America” would provide the security along our border that the American People want, provide thousands of jobs and eventually become a tourist attraction, thus providing even more jobs because of increased tourism and more importantly give our politicians time to come up with a very real and comprehensive Immigration reform policy.