"U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the ports of entry recorded 6,833 inadmissible aliens trying to enter. The Border Patrol, meanwhile, nabbed 18,198 people who had sneaked across the border.
The combined number of 25,031, while the highest under Mr. Trump, is
lower than any month under Mr. Obama dating back to December 2011.
When considered on a year-to-year basis, the gains are indeed stunning. In July 2016, the Border Patrol nabbed 33,737 illegal immigrants — 85 percent more than this year’s total."
Illegal immigrants cost taxpayers nearly $750 billion over lifetime: Report
The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers
"This report estimates the annual costs of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local level to be about $113 billion;"
Exclusive - Trump border 'wall' to cost $21.6 billion, take 3.5 years to build:
internal report
In a sense the the wall has
already been paid for four times over simply by illegal immigration being down by 80%.
And by the lack of money flowing from the US to Mexico by that 80%...they
have paid for the wall, enforcement, healthcare. etc. and will continue to do so.
New: A look at the 8 border wall prototypes
Do you have locks on your house, car, windows? Do you bother to lock your phone or PC? If the answer is no to any of these of these then at least consistency is your friend if not basic security and sense. Why should the USA not be able to control their borders?
Do you have children? Do you mind if a drug dealer comes in through a hole in the floor or unlocked window. Do you mind if your children are taken and sold to a human trafficking ring?
Many on the border do mind and prefer a little more security rather than chasing illegals off their land and risk
cartel encounters.
Presentation of data from the World Bank and U.S. Census Bureau.
Illegal Border Crossings Are Down, And So Is Business For Smugglers
"One human smuggler, who gives his first name as Orlando, said his business is worse than he's ever seen it. He blames the Trump administration's increased emphasis on border security and enforcement of federal immigration laws.
"There's a lot more security on the river," says the 28-year-old, whose nickname is El Lobo, or the Wolf in Spanish. He doesn't want to give his full name because what he does is unlawful, though he agrees to an interview at a McDonald's in central Matamoros, Mexico, across from Brownsville, Texas. He's wiry with a dark complexion and a habit of constantly checking his cellphone.
"With the change in administration on that side, it's heated up: There are more agents, more dogs, more trucks, more boats. We have to charge more, and fewer people want to cross."
In the Rio Grande Valley of Texas — the nation's hot spot for human smuggling — apprehensions of illegal border crossings have fallen 75 percent since January to less than 4,000 in April, according to the Department of Homeland Security."