Border differences

In regards to Robert Coleman’s antiimmigration letter which criticizes Democrats as wanting open borders (“It’s about votes,” April 6), nothing could be further from reality. Most Democrats, including our elected leaders, want a more comprehensive approach to a very complex problem. This includes more manpower and technology at the border, strengthening existing barriers (there are barriers in rural remote parts of Arizona), more immigration judges, strengthening and requiring use of the eVerify system, use of technology in remote areas, fixing the Dreamer issue, and providing support for governments in Latin America to help fix their problems which are creating this humanitarian problem.

That compares to the simple approach of our current administration of building a wall without regard for its consequences on our own country and separating families without first figuring out how to reunite families. Our country is now responsible for finding the parents or relatives of some 2,500 children and the government says it could take two years to do that. The voting argument is nothing more than a scare, as tactic these persons are not eligible to vote. Democrats and Republicans want legal immigration and solutions are before us if we can separate out fact from fiction and embrace our countries historic willingness to accept immigrants. Stuart Peisner Longwood