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In 2015 alone 300k+ illegals were caught trying to sneak across our southern border.
Report: More Than 331,000 Illegal Immigrants Snagged at Southern Border in 2015
Now consider how many were not caught in that same time period.
Those people weren't over staying visas as the left likes to divert to. They simply walked, drove or rode across. The impact on our social safety net is tremendous as well as our schools, and medical facilities. Combine that with them depressing the wages in certain industries and their overall impact leaves quite a large impact on our economy.
While the flow of illegals has a natural ebb & flow based on economic & political factors, the bottom line is it is a MAJOR problem.
A wall would stem the flow just as a tourniquet stems the flow of blood. Would they tunnel under? Likely to at least try. But with a real wall in place the border agents would be freed up to perform other tasks and monitor other devices to detect the ones who do make it under or over.
I firmly believe that we can probably cut the flow by 90% or more and that positive impact on our services that they used would also help offset the cost of the security measures, even if only a small amount.
A presidents most important task is to protect Americans from both foreign & domestic dangers. An unsecured border is a huge danger.
Report: More Than 331,000 Illegal Immigrants Snagged at Southern Border in 2015
Now consider how many were not caught in that same time period.
Those people weren't over staying visas as the left likes to divert to. They simply walked, drove or rode across. The impact on our social safety net is tremendous as well as our schools, and medical facilities. Combine that with them depressing the wages in certain industries and their overall impact leaves quite a large impact on our economy.
While the flow of illegals has a natural ebb & flow based on economic & political factors, the bottom line is it is a MAJOR problem.
A wall would stem the flow just as a tourniquet stems the flow of blood. Would they tunnel under? Likely to at least try. But with a real wall in place the border agents would be freed up to perform other tasks and monitor other devices to detect the ones who do make it under or over.
I firmly believe that we can probably cut the flow by 90% or more and that positive impact on our services that they used would also help offset the cost of the security measures, even if only a small amount.
A presidents most important task is to protect Americans from both foreign & domestic dangers. An unsecured border is a huge danger.