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Tell me what's preventing them from doing so. Illegals cross our Southern border everyday that are not caught.
These things are a matter of cost / benefit. The cost of building a wall is huge, not to mention the opportunity cost of things that do not get done so this does. The benefit of this wall is highly questionable as there is no guarantee the wall will really change much.
Moreover, the need for this wall is hardly established. The current level of border crossing is 10% of what it was 15 years ago, validating what we have done to date and bringing to great question why more needs to be done.
This whole thing is a "trumped" up issue that very few informed people believe. There is no political basis for this wall, its fundamentally a lost cause.
If Trump wants the wall, then let him negotiate with congress for it. Of course, he would have to give on DACA and probably have to direct a full, comprehensive immigration reform. Then, he might get something that he could call a wall... but it won't be 30 feet high and made of concrete.
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