If You Build It, Maybe They Won't Come

The Senate finally got their act together long enough to approve 370 miles of triple-wide fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers along our southern border:

The Senate voted to build 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday and clashed over citizenship for millions of men and women who live in the United States illegally.

Amid increasingly emotional debate over election-year immigration legislation, senators voted 83-16 to add fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers along the southern border. It marked the first significant victory in two days for conservatives seeking to place their stamp on the contentious measure.

Of course, there were dissenters among the Senators, like this gem from Sen. Durbin:

"What we have here has become a symbol for the right wing in American politics," countered Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. He said if the proposal passed, "our relationship with Mexico would come down to a barrier between our two countries."

Well, duh, Senator. Our relationship with Mexico has become a one-way street with them sending us their poor and uneducated, and us sending them money. Sometimes being a sovereign country means worrying less about the other country's feelings, and more about what your country's citizens want their government to do.