Issues / Strengthening Latin American Allies and Confronting Tyrants

We must secure our border.

Reasons to agree

1. Until we secure our border, many Americans will be discussing the danger of an open border. For as long as Americans are talking about the problems of an open border, our neighbors will feel insulted. We need to explain that it is not personal, but that we need to do the same thing they do, and secure our border. Once our border is secure, the issue will be less of a hot topic, and we can build a better relationship with our neighbors, because every time they listen to our TVs or radios, they won't hear the dangers of an open border. The issue will be solved.
2. If you don't have a border, you don't have a country.
3. If you can't distinguish between citizens and non citizens you don't have a country.

Reasons to disagree

1. We need illegal immigrants.
2. Laws strong enough to discourage employing illegal aliens would be extreme.
3. An ID system for guest workers would cost too much.
4. An ID system would harm privacy.
5. It is extreme to not let people stay in America who broke the law to get here.
6. The way we treat illegal immigrants is the way they treated Anne Frank.
7. People won't have enough money to self-deport.

Strengthening Latin American Allies and Confronting Tyrants

• We should try to strengthen human rights in South America.
• We should try to strengthen freedom in South America.
• We should weaken the threat of the Castro regime.
• We should weaken the threat of the Chavez regime.
• We should use foreign aid and investments on those who stand alongside us.
• We should act to inform public opinion in Latin America.
• We should improve our economic ties with Latin America.
• We must rebuild relationships of respect, trust, and friendship with Latin America.
• We must secure our border.
• We must reaffirm our appreciation of legal immigration.
• We must never ignore Latin America.