Down here, being a “rogue” isn’t such a bad thing:
Klaus Marre
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October 08, 2007
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Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), a GOP presidential hopeful and leading critic of immigration policies, blasted Texas mayors Monday for not letting the federal government build a border fence on their land.Tancredo is reacting to reports that mayors of some Texas cities oppose the construction of the fence, which Congress approved to improve border security.
“These mayors are jeopardizing national security with their not-in-my-backyard attitude,” Tancredo said. “Congress approved the border fence with the overwhelming support of the American people to protect our nation from terrorists and illegal aliens and it will not be thwarted by a handful of rogue mayors.”
The outspoken Tancredo, who is polling in the low single digits in national polls, also offered his solution to the problem, which is to “build the border fence north of these communities.”
“These mayors have already demonstrated that their hearts and loyalties lie with Mexico — perhaps they’d feel more comfortable if their cities were geographically located there as well,” Tancredo said.
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Which “single digit” should we give Tom –the middle one, perhaps? While I might agree about the need to relocate the great wall, I gotta admit to being a little confused. I thought conservatives in general — and Republicans in particular — were supposed to stick up for us yokels when we opposed federal mandates. Er… I guess “mandate” is the wrong word to use talking about Republicans these days: federal intrusions… uh… insertions… um… oh never mind!
mexfiles.net 
You know, there was a UTEP professor a while back that advocated moving the customs checkpoints away from the border and allowing border residents to cross freely. Customs/border patrol would only check you when you went to the interior of either country. This would save people crosssing back and forth for dinner/drinks/shopping the hassle of US Customs and allow customs to focus on people that were actually travelling between the US/Mexico.
Maybe Tancredo is onto something?
I suggested something similar a while back: https://mexfiles.wordpress.com/2007/06/09/a-modest-proposal/