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Old 12-25-2018, 10:42 AM
 
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Why sunk 5 billion dollars into a Wall that can't be built overnight? 5 billion waiting for a Wall to be constructed is like waiting for the next total solar eclipse!
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Old 12-25-2018, 10:47 AM
 
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I personally think Border Walls work

Countries all over the world have them....

Ever been to Israel and tried crossing over to the West Bank? I have.

Good luck climbing that wall or digging a tunnel underneath that.

The only thing I'd be concerned with is the actual cost.
The border wall in Israel is 150 miles. Big difference. We already have more than that in border wall already.
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Old 12-25-2018, 10:49 AM
 
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it be cheaper to build the wall than all the benefit that illegal workers get, just the children that being seperated is $3000 a month per person. every other country can have immigration walls even mexico but not united states
There was a $25 billion deal for immigration reform and DACA on the table. He didn't take it. There was $1.3 billion appropriated last year that he hasn't taken advantage of. He was offered $2.5 billion this year that he initially agreed upon until he didn't. So you might want to write a letter to Trump and ask him.
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Old 12-25-2018, 10:57 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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The reason for the Wall is that the pendulum always swings. One of the very reasons for the drop in net migration is the policy of the current administration. When the next Democrat is elected President, it will be much harder for him/her to "ring the dinner bell" for illegals (like Obama did with DACA) if there is a physical barrier in place. Secondly, the Wall will hopefully also slow down the flow of illegal drugs and human trafficking coming up through Mexico.

Not with profit margins so high they allow the purchase/construction of things like single use aircraft, submarines, and tunnels to move those drugs.
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Old 12-25-2018, 05:57 PM
 
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Trump's wall would serve no other purpose than to glorify him.

It would make much more sense for the US to stop destabilizing governments and using American subsidized corps to ruin other countries.
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Old 12-25-2018, 06:03 PM
 
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How illegals come into the country:



They make tunnels, they are smuggled in through people called "coyotes", bribing the UPS/FedEx/DHL driver, they come in legally then overstay work visa or never return home, hide out on boats, planes, Rv's anything.


If you truly believe illegals are just waltzing across the border you are delusional.
Many waltz across the border. The wall won't stop all of it, but it would be a tremendous help. The fact that burglars can find their way into homes and businesses despite locks and alarms doesn't negate the need for locks and alarms.
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Old 12-25-2018, 06:55 PM
 
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Why sunk 5 billion dollars into a Wall that can't be built overnight? 5 billion waiting for a Wall to be constructed is like waiting for the next total solar eclipse!

Why would the wall need to be built overnight? Have you seen anything of any magnitude built overnight? Your remarks make no sense at all.
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Old 12-25-2018, 06:57 PM
 
Location: 20 years from now
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The reason for the Wall is that the pendulum always swings. One of the very reasons for the drop in net migration is the policy of the current administration. When the next Democrat is elected President, it will be much harder for him/her to "ring the dinner bell" for illegals (like Obama did with DACA) if there is a physical barrier in place. Secondly, the Wall will hopefully also slow down the flow of illegal drugs and human trafficking coming up through Mexico.

+1 I especially like the 'ring the dinner bell' reference. lol
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Old 12-25-2018, 06:58 PM
 
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Many waltz across the border. The wall won't stop all of it, but it would be a tremendous help. The fact that burglars can find their way into homes and businesses despite locks and alarms doesn't negate the need for locks and alarms.

The idiots never get that. No crimes or trespassing can be stopped entirely but the point of security measures is to stop as much of it as you can. Sometimes I think I'm talking to 4 years old here.
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Old 12-25-2018, 07:05 PM
 
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Trump's wall would serve no other purpose than to glorify him.

It would make much more sense for the US to stop destabilizing governments and using American subsidized corps to ruin other countries.

It's not Trump's wall it's congress' wall that they passed back in 2006. Did they pass that bill to glorify themselves? I've posted several links proving that the good walls work and the Border Patrol and Homeland Security say they are effective and needed. You know better than the facts and them???


Oh stop blaming the U.S. for the citizens of other countries violating our immigration laws.
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