National Security Threat: South of the Border

America's intelligence agencies are identifying MEXICO as the second most
important security threat after Pakistan. Mexico "has become" destablized by the
drug cartels. Here is the opportunity for Obama to take bold action. Constrained
constitutionally from using US troops on American soil for police actions (Posse comitatus 1878) here is a great chance to secure our border as well as a massive employment action. Because of the long border and terrain with Mexico, aside from all the technology you can muster, you need "boots on the ground." So, Obama can create an auxillery border force (Homeland Border Security- HBS) and employ upwards of 400,000 unemployed Americans to patrol the border- both armed and unarmed.

It will take at least this number to both fight off the drug gangs as well as cover the vast territory. In this way we also avoid using the US military unconstitutionally as well as not sapping an already overstretched US army.