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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
Who said it was just a wall, no one .
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Are you serious? That was his number one campaign promise. "I am going to build a great wall". He had crowds chanting "build a wall" over and over again. He didn't say "We are going to build a fence" and he didn't say "We are going to put up more vehicle barriers" or "We are going to hire more Border Patrol agents" or "We are going to buy more drones at our southern border" and he surely did not say "We are gong to invest more money into technology to protect our southern border".
The Democrats offered up over a billion dollars to invest money in technology for the southern border and Trump not only turned it down, abut also shut down the government.
The vast majority of illegals come to the United States through ports of entry. Building a wall isn't going to change anything. We have walls where walls are needed, we have fences where fences are needed, and we have vehicle barriers where those are needed. If we take money from where it is needed (protecting our ports of entry) and put it where it is not needed (the wall) we are doing more harm then good, and making us less safe. More illegals will be able to sneak through ports of entry.
Building a wall will not fix the problem.