Did the wall stop Palestinian terror attacks? No, it just slowed them down. Building a 1900+ mile wall, much of it through mountainous terrain, is a much more expensive and difficult to guard effort than a 430 mile wall around a city.
Your Mexican cartel guns and drugs theory won't be stopped by a wall. They'll just continue bringing them in by submarine, boat or Canada.
Though what you say is true, that is the nature of static obstacles. They dont absolutely prevent encroachment, but they do cause the criminals to spend more time and effort to get through and this give law enforcement more time to catch and neutralize them.
The quick and easy wall the Hungarians put up cut down their border crossing rate by more than 95%. That is a damned good reason to put one up over here just like it and it didnt cost them much time or money to build it.
While true, there are more effective and less expensive ways to curb illegal immigration and drug running. We should implement those first before building a monument to the stupidity of man.
"Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man"
-- General George S. Patton
So finally for **** sake! Describe in DETAIL what the "more effective and less expensive ways" are!
You can't asshole!
LOL This entire thread has turned into a giant ball of laughter proving how stupid partisans on both sides are .
Look at the two topics of gun control and illegal immigration.
The left says " we need more gun laws but we don't need more immigration laws"
while the right says
"we need more immigration laws but we don't need more gun laws"
Yall are morons.
Immigration is easily fixed.
First, the border has to be closed, but that is easily done by putting the MILITARY in charge of border security. No need for a wall.
Fine businesses and individuals who hire illegals $100K per illegal employee (that's already illegal, all we're doing is upping the fine)
Deny welfare benefits to illegal immigrates and to US citizens under the age of 18 who don't have at least one parent who is a US citizen.
Arrest city and state officials who defy federal law
Then you give those who are here illegally (whether by sneaking across the border or from expired visas or what have you) 60 days to report the local DMV where they will be finger printed and issued an ID card. Then run back ground checks and forcibly remove those who don't pass background checks whilst issuing some sort of work permit that allows those who are being good neighbors to stay (still no welfare for them, but after this point make it legal to hire them)
After the 60 days , anyone who is arrested for any other offense and can't show that they are here legally get an automatic 10 year prison sentence regardless of whether they are found guilty of whatever crime they were arrested for or not.
Illegal immigration solved. No wall, no mass deportations.
What's next?