It will be like the Great Wall of china instead of keeping the mongols away it's Mexicans

[quote]Also why is it ok for every single other country to implement strict immigration policies but not the US? [/quote]Who said it was ok? Charity begins at home. You will most likely find plenty of people within those countries arguing for a more open door immigration policy - would you honestly expect [i]them[/i] to suddenly care about the affairs of another country halfway round the world before their own?

Charity begins at home is hardly an answer to the immigration problem. Large amounts of illegal aliens are harmful to any nation. The Statue of Liberty doesn't make immigration policy and a poem isn't good policy.

It's not like the current pope himself built those walls.

True but he isnt tearing them down or changing the immigration and entrance policies in the vatican. At least he has made no attempt thus far.

Why would he tear down a historical monument?

Because it keeps people out. Thats the argument. Trump cant build a wall or create immigration laws because its "racist" but the vatican can have strict immigration policies and keep its walled city just because its historical?

What are the Vatican's immigration policies?

This is from a Washington Times article its lengthy so this is the excerpt to pay attention to, i will link the full article below : "The Vatican, for its part, welcomes millions of visitors a year — but allows only a very select few, who meet strict criteria, to be admitted as residents or citizens. Only about 450 of its 800 or so residents actually hold citizenship, according to a 2012 study by the Library of Congress. That study said citizens are either church cardinals who reside in the Vatican, the Holy See’s diplomats around the world, and those who have to reside in the city because of their jobs, such as the Swiss Guard. Spouses and children who live in the city because of their relationship with citizens — including the Swiss Guard and workers such as the gardener — have also been granted citizenship. But that means few of the Vatican’s citizens are women. A Vatican spokesman did not return an email seeking comment on its policy. The strict policy has left the Vatican open to criticism in the past, including from right-wing political leaders in Italy who want tighter immigration controls in their country and have rebuffed the papacy’s calls for leniency by asking how many refugees live in the enclave." The "strict criteria" includes things like being a catholic, being related or needed in the catholic church, and is mostly men as the article states. At the very end it discusses the Pope's pledge to take more in but the first family they let in recently were Greek catholics. Now Trump is considered "racist" (muslims are not a race) for wanting a temporary ban on Muslim immigration yet the pope is not when 95+% of his state's residents are Catholic and one of the requirements to enter is to be Catholic? Its hypocrisy at the highest stage. Yes its small scale but it is a state and no Syrian refugees have been welcomed in that i have seen. Here is the full article its a decent read. http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/24/pope-call-immigration-unlikely-change-debate/?page=all

You're literally a moron. The Vatican is not a Country in the normal sense of the word. Let me ask you this, what is the point of letting non-Catholic, excess amounts of people who have no reason for being in and nothing to do in the Vatican? What purpose do they serve there?

Well, the Vatican is tiny and has very little ways to support itself. There is really no jobs there aside from the church.

Doesnt matter if its small or not. He is criticizing the very policies that he has implemented in his own state. Thats the issue here its hypocrisy.

It's not really fair, though. The Pope is constantly under threat from assassination. It'd be like invited strangers into the White House. Vatican City is tightly controlled, in large part, to keep the Pope and Catholic leadership safe.

I love how that's the one thing you know about the current Pope. You're an idiot. It's not like the pope went and walled himself off in that Vatican. Those buildings are hundreds of years old and have great historical value. If anything Pope Francis is an example of what we should all strive to be. How about you learn a little bit about people before you try and bash them.

Why do you assume i know only one thing of the pope? I used that current example to make a point about hypocrisy. You should not assume anything because you know what they say when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me. Lol. And just because something has historical value doesnt mean it should be cherished forever. If that was the case the many guillotines that were used back in the medieval times should have stayed there then right? The Vatican had them so they should be kept there in the public squares right? And if historical value takes precedent then shouldnt a wall be acceptable considering the current border has existed for decades? I didnt know you could have border security and not be considered "racist" so long as it has been there long enough.

The sistine Chapel is hardly a guillotine.

Yes? Idk if you are stating obvious things or not but of course there wouldnt be one inside there they were outside in the public squares. Also how is the chapel equivalent to the "historical walls" that you originally talked about that made it ok to have strict border security?

My point was you were comparing the Vatican to a wall for the sole purpose of keeping people out. The Vatican was built during a time where walls were needed to defend from attackers. They weren't built to keep common people out they were built to defend themselves. If you're going to bemoan about the vatican, then why aren't you doing it about every castle, keep, palace, or holy place that was built during the same period, because I assure they all have walls. They needed them to keep them from getting raided every other day.