We're stepping into political territory here, but I think we should have kept the border with Mexico closed when President Eisenhower did it in the fifties!
If everyone came in legally, we wouldn't have many of the problems we have today.

America has become the "free lunch" to most third world countries, certain large groups of deadbeats, and politicians. The deadbeats and politicians are mostly "home grown" but we don't need to "import" more problems.

You don't think terrorists sneak across the border? You must not have seen the CBS "60 Minutes" episode some years ago where they showed the Islamic "safe house" in Mexico City where terrorists were prepared to infiltrate America by posing as "immigrants" and connected with "coyotes" who would take them across the border.

I sorry, but we have to agree to disagree on the border thing.

As far as Ebola and the border; if you can supply a nation of 360 million with plenty of drugs, why not Ebola? Probably unlikely it will happen, but there remains the potential that it will, and in large numbers.

Just like West Africa, where are you going go to get help? Scared people don't think rationally. As pointed out many times, most diseases would still be unknown here if not for them being brought in from somewhere else.

There's an old adage : "An once of prevention is worth a pound of cure." But no one seems to remember the wisdom of history, so we just keep shooting ourselves in the foot.

Stumpy in Ahia