The Maginot Line in France was built in between the wars last century in an attempt to block the Germans and Italians from invading. Of course, the problem was that the Germans just went around the Maginot Line, making it an incredible waste of time, money and resources. The GOP is proving once again that they can't learn anything from history as they fortify the southern border of the US to stop the "invasion" from the south.
Putting aside the debate of immigration, one of the slight flaws in this expensive and resource draining plan is that walking over the border addresses some of the people, but hardly all of them. Yep, there's nothing to learn from other peoples mistakes.
The little-acknowledged reality is that nearly half the estimated 12 million undocumented foreigners in the United States entered on bona fide U.S. visas Â? and simply never left. Authorities call them "overstays" who have been largely overlooked in the vitriolic debate on immigration.
"The southwestern border gets all the attention, but it's staggering the number of people who come and overstay their visa," said Dean Boyd, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Washington.
