The immigration reform taken up by the Senate last week picked up a few more votes when it committed the government to building a longer fence. Thanks to a Republican amendment, workers will erect an additional 1,100 km of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.
But if we're going to build a fence, is that really where it should go?
If we have apprehensions about our neighbors to the south, are those the neighbors — and is that the south — that really present the United States with its most difficult problems?