It may be different, and possibly a bad idea, with a green card. With citizens, though, certified communications and bond lawsuits seem like a very pragmatic method of actually holding them accountable. Voting should only be for getting competent, moral servants in, and not something intended to direct policy.

Once we open this bottle up, though, we are going to have to actually participate, directly and often.

In your specific case, it should be fairly easy to show damages and require them to present proof of their claims and justification for their claims, and ask them to justify this measure against legal residents when the border is being ignored.

It may be different, and possibly a bad idea, with a green card. With citizens, though, certified communications and bond lawsuits seem like a very pragmatic method of actually holding them accountable. Voting should only be for getting competent, moral servants in, and not something intended to direct policy.

Once we open this bottle up, though, we are going to have to actually participate, directly and often.