It is hilarious that you still believe that hte only reason people come to the US is for jobs. You don’t think pregnant women days before their due dates don’t cross our border to have baby for free in an American hospital that will then be an American citizen, meaning they qualify for all sorts of federal and local aid? You don’t think they come because sanctuary cities are offering them, food, money and housing? You don’t get that our standard of living, even for those illegals that are not working, is significantly better than where many have come. You don’t think they are aware that Democrats are hell bent on providing them amnesty at the least and even potential citizenship for political reasons? There are plenty of incentives other than jobs for people to illegally cross our border.
No, I don't think that there hoards of pregnant women popping across the border. They could legally do that on a tourist Visa and travel a lot more comfortably.
The pittance they get in housing or other benefits isn't worth the expense of paying Coyotes to get here.
And frankly, I'm all for them becoming citizens if it offsets the votes of stupid white people.
You still don’t get it. A wall is a significant slow down. For starters, carrying a large extension ladder from their homeland to the wall would be just a tad inconvenient. Maybe you have never carried a large one before. Secondly, cameras would see them attempting to climb the wall, providing ample time for a nearby border patrol agent in a helicopter to get there. You have fallen for false rhetoric regarding a wall. The idea that it is antiquated and isn’t is a left-wing talking point not based in reality. It would not be 100%, but would be far better than the nothing we have now.
Again, here's the problem with your position.
There are only 19,000 Border Patrol agents.
The Mexican border is 2000 miles. So that's 9.5 agents for every mile. They can't be everywhere. True, cameras might help, but the immigrants have apps they can network.
Not to mention- Agents can be bribed.
“ILLEGAL immigrants are bad for the economy”. Fixed it for you.
No, they aren't. They help the economy.
I don’t believe a Mexican illegal is likely to commit a terrorist act in the US. I am also not so naive to know that an Islamic terrorist could just as easily walk across our Southern border and many likely have. Statistically speaking, out of 8-10 million to crossing the border, 1000 terrorists would be a small number. They will eventually do something and I am sure that Democrats will blame Republicans for the acts, especially if Trump is President. Nobody and I mean nobody, can possibly believe that it is not a security issue to allow people to walk across our border without us knowing anything about them or that they are even here. That is just plain stupid.
Well, frankly, Trump owns everything bad that's going to happen, and he's too incompetent to prevent it. You knew this going in, you didn't care.
But here's the thing. We've heard you guys crying wolf about Terrorists on the Southern Border since 2001. And yet in all that time, not ONE terrorist in this country got in through the southern border. They've all either entered legally or they are American citizens who have been radicalized on line.