I am one Democrat who does not want or need "border security". Open borders...

is my preference by far.

I recently read (wish I could find the article) that every congresscritter from districts on the Mexican border is against a wall. I have seen plenty of reports of locals down there with thriving bi-national relations who are happy the way it is. US and Mexican towns on the border seem to have excellent economic and social relations. People who are directly affected don't seem to think there's any emergency. Some are worried a wall will mean they lose their land.

Europe has been the example of open borders. For over 1500 years it has a history of warfare. Thirty Years War, Hundred Years War, Franco-Prussian War, War of the Spanish Succession... An almost constant state of war since the Roman Empire ended.

After the biggest, baddest wall of modern times, the Maginot Line, failed to work and we spent countless lives and treasure solving the problem, we, America, had our proudest moments.

Not the military victory, but the aftermath. No Versailles, no League of Nations... But a solid new world order based on human rights and democracy, with each nation pledged to work for the betterment of the whole.

The UN, EEC, NATO... Working together is far better than fighting. The European Union is more than a customs union. It is having severe problems now, but it is modeled on our own history and is a step toward a possible United States of Europe.

You can now drive from Germany to France and not know you are in a different country until the signs change to French. Driving from Denmark to Spain isn't any bigger deal than driving from Minnesota to Texas. People commute across borders.

"Hey, tonight let's zip over to Florence for dinner."

Not so easy if you want to zip over to Tijuana

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And, speaking of Tijuana, the wall there is disgraceful. San Diego and Tijuana should not be Berlin-by-theSea.

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Don't get me started on what they did to what used to be a nice ride to Montreal.