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talkpolitics2017-10-26 08:24 pm
mahnmut) wrote in talkpolitics2017-10-26 08:24 pm
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That stupid wall
I don't know how much more proof is needed that a border wall will not work. Latest case in point: two people were caught on camera climbing over a border wall by MSNBC the other day.
You build it, they'll simply go over it. Or around it. Or under it. And here’s an inconvenient truth: the majority of undocumented immigrants flew into the US on legal status. When it ran out, they just stayed.. How do you fix that? Answer: you can't. The supid wall is nothing but an expensive boondoggle. It will change nothing.
A wall is a very expensive, ineffective and stupid way to deal with the issue. There already are tunnels where parts of a wall have been built. If you want in badly enough, you will find a way in.
It didn't use to be that way, though. But Bush, and to a much greater degree Obama, drastically improved border protection policy over the past decade or so. That's the real reason why border apprehensions have gradually decreased since the early 2000s. Sure, they still exist, but all Trump is doing is slapping a coat of paint on the wall without fixing the leak.
The purpose of this wall isn't to keep immigrants out, it's to transfer tax-payer's money to construction companies who bought a favor with Trump.
You build it, they'll simply go over it. Or around it. Or under it. And here’s an inconvenient truth: the majority of undocumented immigrants flew into the US on legal status. When it ran out, they just stayed.. How do you fix that? Answer: you can't. The supid wall is nothing but an expensive boondoggle. It will change nothing.
A wall is a very expensive, ineffective and stupid way to deal with the issue. There already are tunnels where parts of a wall have been built. If you want in badly enough, you will find a way in.
It didn't use to be that way, though. But Bush, and to a much greater degree Obama, drastically improved border protection policy over the past decade or so. That's the real reason why border apprehensions have gradually decreased since the early 2000s. Sure, they still exist, but all Trump is doing is slapping a coat of paint on the wall without fixing the leak.
The purpose of this wall isn't to keep immigrants out, it's to transfer tax-payer's money to construction companies who bought a favor with Trump.