Immigrants as chattel

Extremist U.S. Congressman Steve King (R/Idaho) is suggesting that an electrifed border fence be erected along the southern U.S. border.

An electric fence is an interesting idea; that's the sort of device one employs to control the movement of draught animals, which, when you think about it, is about the way that immigrant workers are thought of in the U.S.

The term used is, to "get a Mexican."

By the way, if Congressman King's name rings a bell, it may be because King's the same guy who compared the Abu Ghraib torture (horrific images linked behind the word torture, FYI) to "hazing."

Then again, perhaps it can warp ones perspective when ones last name is literally synonymous with imperialism.