I am sure, you and I will disagree on much of this subject, but, let's agree to disagree on the individual parts.
Why is it important to pay $5 Billion for a wall that is not needed? The promise he made, was Mexico is paying. Do you hold him accountable?
Why pay for it, when, most illegals are coming in to the country through other means?
Well, border patrol agents say the wall is needed if we want to control our borders. They are closer to the problem than I am taking their word for the necessity of a wall.
Personally, I never expected Mexico to cough up a check to pay for the wall. I don't need to hold Trump accountable for Mexico paying for the wall, I want to hold him accountable for not having it under construction yet.
You have locks, I assume, on doors where you live to control who comes and goes. Why not just let anyone come and go where you live? Because you want security.
If we don't build a wall, what's your suggestion on stemming this portion of the illegal alien flow and slowing the importation of drugs?
Illegal drugs?
Fund the Coast Guard and Stop the demand.
Most illegal drug shipments come thru ports like LA, Long Beach and across the ocean via the Caribbean. Usually in extremely sophisticated, fiber glass drug submarines. The legal crossing stations at borders are usually where the remaining drugs come through.
The wall, again, will do little to nothing to stem illegal aliens, nor drugs. If you are serious, check some of the data on where it comes across and where illegal immigrants come into the US.
no where near the place where this expensive symbolic wall happen.
And your suggestion?
First, spend money eliminating the need.
CUT the market, and the drugs flow a lot less.
AND then, spend the money on palces where it is needed. Reform how we manage immigrants. Since that vast majority of illegals come via airport... why aren't we better understanding where they are once they get here?
Port inspections are obscenely lax!
entire containers come thru without any inspections.