Letter: How to solve our man-made crisis
A man holds on to the border wall along the beach, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico. Ready to make his case on prime-time TV, President Donald Trump is stressing humanitarian as well as security concerns at the U.S.-Mexico border as he tries to convince America he must get funding for his long-promised border wall before ending a partial government shutdown that has hundreds of thousands of federal workers facing missed paychecks. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
I’m as frustrated as most Americans with the government shutdown over the man-made “wall crisis” on our southern border. So here’s what I think is a good compromise solution:
1) Pass the funding bills (that have already been approved by both parties) to reopen the country immediately.
2) Provide additional funds for enhancing border security/barriers/walls (call it what you want).
3) Use of these funds would be determined by a professional body of experts on border security. It could include additional technology, manpower, improvements to the processing of migrants. It could also include enhancements to existing fencing or new fencing/barriers where practical and deemed effective.
See, this solution wasn’t that difficult. Please forward to Washington.
Thor Nilsen, Sandy
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