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Interesting how liberals like to talk about how illegal immigration is significantly down since 2008 as if it has no correlation with the Secure Fence Act of 2006. We have strong fences not walls, and where they exist they have cut down illegal immigration sharply.
I'd really like to know why you and others think they know more about whether a wall would work or not than 90% of the border patrol agents whose full time job is to enforce border control. As long as the vast majority of those actually manning the border say a wall would be an effective tool, liberals claims that it won't work ring hollow and will be ignored.
Illegal immigration peaked around 2007 and has been in decline since but I do give Trump credit for being more aggressive. Yes walls have worked to a certain extent in income locations but they will never come close to having a significant impact, if these people march around the existing wall willing to travel thousands of miles why would anyone think a few hundred more miles would be meaningful.
Many areas in private hands and parks, the government has at this point built what they can on their property.
Illegal immigration peaked around 2007 and has been in decline since but I do give Trump credit for being more aggressive. Yes walls have worked to a certain extent in income locations but they will never come close to having a significant impact, if these people march around the existing wall willing to travel thousands of miles why would anyone think a few hundred more miles would be meaningful.
Many areas in private hands and parks, the government has at this point built what they can on their property.
Then tell me why there are 5000 migrants in Tijuana camps and they haven't marched another couple hundred miles east to Arizona where the border "fence" is much less fortified?
They'll never focus on employment verification because too many wealthy conservative business owners benefit immensely from cheap immigrant labor. They in turn give an enormous amount of money to the GOP to keep it that way. That's why I've always said that anything the Republicans propose as a solution is nothing more than smoke and mirrors meant only to appease their dying base. At least the Democrats are honest about why they want immigrants to stay.
Trying to sell the idea of a wall to the American people is meant only to keep the low information voter types distracted and looking away from any real solution. That way they can keep the status quo without looking like they're keeping the status quo. Trump and the GOP know this. The sane, level headed people in the rest of the country know this as well. The only ones who think a wall will stop the migration are the diehard Trumplings.
The Texas legislature refused to pass tough penalties for E-verify, no one would confuse them as left. But they did take on sanctuary cities, no why do you suppose they didn't take on businesses employing illegal immigrants.
I don't claim that the left would be the only ones to oppose serious measures against employing illegal labor. Business interests and the traditional Republican mainstream would also be against any real crackdown.
It seems obvious that policing people who are already living illegally in the country is more difficult, and requires more government intrusion, with more potential to violate citizen's rights. It's a better strategy all around to stop them at the border and a physical barrier is necessary to do that.
They'll never focus on employment verification because too many wealthy conservative business owners benefit immensely from cheap immigrant labor. They in turn give an enormous amount of money to the GOP to keep it that way. That's why I've always said that anything the Republicans propose as a solution is nothing more than smoke and mirrors meant only to appease their dying base. At least the Democrats are honest about why they want immigrants to stay.
Trying to sell the idea of a wall to the American people is meant only to keep the low information voter types distracted and looking away from any real solution. That way they can keep the status quo without looking like they're keeping the status quo. Trump and the GOP know this. The sane, level headed people in the rest of the country know this as well. The only ones who think a wall will stop the migration are the diehard Trumplings.
You're badly mistaken it you think that Democrat business owners don't also hire illegal aliens.
LOl, the Democrats are honest about why they want illegal aliens to stay? Why did you use the plain ole word of "immigrant" to describe them? Illegal aliens aren't real immigrants. Tell us why the Democrats want illegal aliens to remain here in spite of the fact that they are here in violation of our immigration laws and have taken jobs, taxes and resources from Americans. I can think of at least one reason. To retain the votes of ethnocentric Hispanic citizens and to continue the flow of future Democrat voters.
The links I have provided proving that the good walls are very effective weren't written by Trump they were by those on the front line, duh. If most Americans are still be in denial after reading (although I think most are too stupid to research this issue themselves) the truth then they are just plain stupid and not level headed at all.
If there are no jobs for undocumented persons, you’ll get far fewer undocumented persons entering the country.
Congress has always known this. Cronyism is why they do nothing about it.
No such thing as an undocumented person they are illegal aliens. Sure, removing the job incentive
will help but we'd also have to deny their kids our birthright citizenship and benefits or they'd still come for that, thus the wall.
Not all illegals are coming for work either. Certainly criminals, terrorists and the drug cartels are looking for jobs, thus the wall!
We need to a total package to stop people from coming here illegally.
And those jobs would be filled if we payed a high enough wage. We just need to align our economic actions with our stated principles. It's simple.
I’m not sure we can expect all that at once.
We can, however, require documentation to work here legally.
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