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Roachboy, while I agree with some of your sentiments, you are painting these groups with an awfully broad brush. SOME members may be all the things you accuse them of (and I'm not even sure I'll conceed that point), but I am certainly not all of them are. Is it possible that there are some anti-gun, pro-choice Democrats in this group that just happen to be concerned about border security? Absolutely. Do they have a point that it's very easy to sneak into the US illegally from Canada? Absolutely. Is it worthy of their response? Debatable.
Personally, I'm disappointed to see this discussion devolve from whether or not the Minutemen are a valid response to illegal immigration to the usual scirmish between the pro and anti gun camps. It's all been said ad infinitum, and is equivalent to written masturbation at this point.
Although I expect it will be ignored, I'm going to address the actual topic at hand. If I were a terrorist bent on doing harm within the US and thought that there was a good chance of being stopped at the airport, I would probably try to come through Canada. There are lots of spots where you can just walk across, especially if you have someone waiting on the other side to pick you up. A map, a compass, a little water and some basic navigation skills, and you can probably be ready to wreck havoc in a day or two, depending on your dropoff and pickup points. That said, it's not something that I'm particularly worried about as an American since I don't see a way to stop it. All of my border crossings, particularly since 9/11, have been much more controlled and cautious than before. Getting a visa into the US is a difficult and onerous process, and I think that the State Department needs to revamp how they do things and eliminate some of the corruption in the beaurocracy. It takes months to get an appointment with the Visa office in most non-Western European countries, and it's a gigantic pain in the ass. The Chinese actually do a fairly good job of policing this kind of thing since you typically have to show a return ticket upon entry.
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