[W:23]Trump Says Country Wants Border Wall, But That’s Not What Polls Say

[JustHanging]

Re: Trump Says Country Wants Border Wall, But That’s Not What Polls Say

Roughly 80% of all voters say U.S. needs secure borders, including 68% of Democrats: Harvard poll

I guess the next argument is whether that means a wall or not. :shrug:

Yep.

It would be the height of stupidity to spend $5b without any idea if funding a small portion of Trump's wall is a cost effective strategy for limiting illegal immigration and drug smuggling.

And considering this idea is coming from Trump, odds are it's a really stupid idea.

 

[eohrnberger]

Re: Trump Says Country Wants Border Wall, But That’s Not What Polls Say

Yep.

It would be the height of stupidity to spend $5b without any idea if funding a small portion of Trump's wall is a cost effective strategy for limiting illegal immigration and drug smuggling.

And considering this idea is coming from Trump, odds are it's a really stupid idea.

I'll let the following citations speak for themselves.

This is a 764 kilometer wall between Turkey and Syria, funded by none other than the European Union.
Turkey shares an 822 kilometer border with Syria, a country which has suffered bombardment from all angles since 2011, including several EU member states. The wall runs through the provinces of Sanliurfa, Gaziantep, Kilis, Hatay, Mardin and Sirnak and incorporates physical, electronic and advanced technology layers.

The physical layer includes modular concrete walls, patrol routes, manned and unmanned towers and passenger tracks.

While the EU and its loyal followers persistently preach that any form of borders are racist, many will be shocked to learn that the construction of this wall was largely funded by the 28-member state union.
The EU-funded wall that nobody wants to talk about

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https://www.amren.com/news/2019/01/border-walls-work-2/

Ronna McDaniel
✔@GOPChairwoman
[/FONT][/COLOR]We've seen huge drops in illegal traffic in places we've built barriers w/ Mexico:
- San Diego (built 1992): Dropped 92%
- El Paso (built 1993): Dropped 95%
- Tucson (built 2000): Dropped 90%
- Yuma (built 2005): Dropped 95%
@realDonaldTrump is right to push for more security.
GOP Chairwoman Destroys All Opposition to the Border Wall with Devastating Statistics

This town is proof that Trump’s wall can work - Juarez

Apparently border walls do work.

 

[Mr Person]

Re: Trump Says Country Wants Border Wall, But That’s Not What Polls Say

It seems to me that Obama issued an executive order that allowed for certain illegal immigrants to not be deported and given work permits that somehow courts say a president cant use his authority to end and he somehow cant use that same authority to build a wall according to you.

Interestingly enough, different things are different things.

You aren't here for honest debate if you insist that exercising long-standing prosecutorial/executive discretion in how to enforce the law given available resources is the same as unlawfully declaring a national emergency then unlawfully ordering that funds appropriated by congress for one purpose be used for a different purpose.

:shrug: