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Talk:Secure the border

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Comparison with the Berlin Wall[edit]

I really don't think the two are comparable. The situations were different, the populace different, the politics different and, if I am not mistaken, Berlin was divided but still technically the same country. AceThe Rep Grows Bigger 00:54, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

You are mistaken, west was controlled by the western victors of WW2 and the east by the soviets. East was a lot less welcoming than west.Doublethink (talk) 16:58, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Well, given that the Berlin Wall was meant to keep the East Germans in, I don't think it is very comparable. RoninMacbeth (talk) 18:07, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

The Night Mail[edit]

Should the border be secured against it? Anna Livia (talk) 18:01, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Unsourced statements[edit]

This is quite a unsourced article as well as a stub. BeardOfZeus (talk) 03:06, 10 September 2021 (UTC)


Selective accusations of racism[edit]

It's a bit ironic to focus on racism while also engaging in immigrants are bringing crime and drugs myths, the lump of labor fallacy, and trying to use education as an example of a drain on access to social services when immigrants are mostly adults who don't use American education-— Unsigned, by: 2600:1700:12f0:62a0:915d:e49f:39cb:d354 / talk / contribs