Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Monday defended the construction of a fence along the southwest border, saying it's actually better for the environment than what happens when people illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico line.Why is this man still employed?"Illegal migrants really degrade the environment. I've seen pictures of human waste, garbage, discarded bottles and other human artifact in pristine areas," Chertoff said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "And believe me, that is the worst thing you can do to the environment."
Constructing a fence? That has to be the stupidest idea since the Iraq War. First, it will be completely ineffectual, and second, what's the point? Conservatives have yet to come to grips with the fact that they've run out of scarey bogeymen with which they can bludgeon the country into submission. Hitler died long ago and the USSR is gone. Most people realize - and having integrated communities helps - that brown people are not evil monsters who rape and pillage. Even Bill O'Reilly gets it, though to be fair that was in reference to black people and I'm sure he's got some vitriol in store. The hispanic threat is indeed an entirely very different and very real issue.
As for the ludicrous idea that illegal immigrants will somehow destroy the environment? I live far away from the southwest border and there's filthy trash everywhere. It's got nothing to do with a particular ethnic group. Furthermore, if he's really worried about the environment he could at least take a shot at big corporations, which are responsible for both primary pollution as well as secondary pollution by producing wasteful end-user goods.
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