Yup get ready to not only build, maintain, and patrol a 2,000 mile wall for the rest of time; we're also going to need to create some entity that finds, monitors, and collapses tunnels. How do we do all that? Maybe an all new agency? The Department of Border Security? Let's grow that government!
The easier way is going after the Employer that employees illegals and making it impossible for them to get away with hiring illegals.
If the Jobs dry up then many of the illegals will return to their homeland or not venture to come here anymore.
The idea of the wall is cute to me because I very well know and have known about the tunnel system that runs under the walls we ( The U.S. ) already has and the Cartel control those walls.
So with a built wall the Border Patrol will be easier to buy off by the Cartels and yeah they will show one tunnel a year being found but the millions more will be ignored and the Cartel will be making more money.
I know what the hell do I know and just chant " Build the wall " and " Deport those Illegals ".
100% agree about the employers. Absolutely pound them with fines. As for growing the govrenment, we need not do that. Just start treating them better. Hire some more and let then do something radical, patrol the border. I know it's a weird idea, but it will work. And when they detain illegals, don't put them up in nice comfy facilities, toss their ass in County jail until they are sent back to their third world crap hole.
Hiring and training the Border Patrol is the first step at the front lines. I never mentioned opening a new agency because the U.S. has too many agencies and it would just cause conflict between agencies.
Using the National Guard is one idea but again they have to be trained to handle the border problem.
As for the detention of Illegals, Mules, Coyotes and Cartel members, well there should be special facilities in New Mexico and Arizona to hold them and those that are just illegal should be deported one time to their home country and the second time to somewhere like Syria so that it will be a lot harder for them to get back.
As for the Mules, Coyotes and Cartel Members, well our country should offer to run facilities in countries like Mexico to detain those criminals so that corruption will be smaller and those criminals will be held in Prison on Mexico soil and not here.
As for the employer there should be a three strike rule and first offense is massive fine, the second offensive will be a bigger fine and loss of business license for five years and third offense is jail time along with massive fine and lifetime ban from having a business license.
The stricter the U.S. is with the Business community the better because it will cause owners of companies from hiring illegals no matter from Mexico, China or the Philippines.