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The omnibus spending bill gave more than $700 billion for military expenditures. Why not use a small fraction of that (less than 3.5%) to get the Wall built by the military?
It sounds like an easy way forward to me.
I thought Mexico was paying for the wall ? or maybe we can have Mexico pay the US Military to build the wall? sounds like winning either way.
For those who are still dreaming about that border wall, remember, the majority of those in this country without the appropriate paperwork are people who overstayed visas.
Why not focus our efforts on tracking down and rounding up those folks? They are far more likely to be, and have been, terrorists.
IIRC, most, if not all, of the 9/11 terrorists were here on expired visas.
It is never an either or proposition. Why not do both?
More importantly, a wall will reduce the amount of narcotics pouring across our border, and OTM's which potentially will be terrorists.
Nothing will stop them all, but it will stop some, and make it easier to stop others in more accessible areas along the border.
I just wonder for those who are opposed to the wall because they believe terrorists will not get in that way, are you going to wait until one sets off a bomb/s that kill people and then go along with building one after the fact?
I thought Mexico was paying for the wall ? or maybe we can have Mexico pay the US Military to build the wall? sounds like winning either way.
Here we go again! How many times does it have to be explained to you and yours that Trump never said that Mexico would write a check for the wall but there are other ways to make them pay for it before you stop parroting, "I thought Mexico was paying for the wall"? It's getting old!
It is never an either or proposition. Why not do both?
More importantly, a wall will reduce the amount of narcotics pouring across our border, and OTM's which potentially will be terrorists.
Nothing will stop them all, but it will stop some, and make it easier to stop others in more accessible areas along the border.
I just wonder for those who are opposed to the wall because they believe terrorists will not get in that way, are you going to wait until one sets off a bomb/s that kill people and then go along with building one after the fact?
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It's not true that most illegals in this country came here on visas anyway. They just keep repeating that nonsense ad nauseum over and over in here. We have a problem with both border jumpers and visa over stayers. We need to take steps to stop both and both will take a different approach. As you said, why should we ignore one problem and only focus on the other? That makes no sense at all. If they think that illegal entry via our southern border has stopped completely then they aren't dealing in reality or just plain out lying to themselves.
The good walls have proven to work very effectively to deter border jumpers. I have posted links over and over in here. E-verify will help also but criminals and terrorists aren't look for jobs, thus the wall. Even removing the job magnet won't do it all on it's own as we'd have to deny their kids birthright citizenship and benefits also or they'd still be coming here for that, thus the wall.
Here we go again! How many times does it have to be explained to you and yours that Trump never said that Mexico would write a check for the wall but there are other ways to make them pay for it before you stop parroting, "I thought Mexico was paying for the wall"? It's getting old!
Maybe you'd care to explain why it is he hasn't mentioned them or done any negotiating to get it started, then.
It was his #1 biggest campaign pledge and here we are 14 months after he's taken office and all he's done is whimper and whine about "Dems won't pay for my wall!"
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How many times does it have to be explained to you and yours that Trump never said that Mexico would write a check for the wall but there are other ways to make them pay for it before you stop parroting, "I thought Mexico was paying for the wall"? 
