Who will fund the maintenance ?
Who will search for tunnels under it ?
Who will monitor that nobody does climb it ?

The wall has become a symbol of stupidity !

If anyone wants to stop this, spend $10M and prosecute those that hire them.
It will end in 90 days. You will be able to lay-off those border patrol folks and save about $100M

To late for that since the republicans grant work access as a private contractor / 1099-s
Perhaps ? You can change that too because it is a license to go around the wall. All legal like. All because nobody wants to work those fields for less than minimum wage... go figure !

Don't worry, you will still be able to get your e coli infected lettuce from workers shitting in the fields since we still have a NAFTA under a new name.

For years here in California we asked for Federal funding for border security band to repair the existing wall and for YEARS the GOP refused to fund border security.

Now that Trump promised to build a wall the Republican Congress has refused to fund it four times.

The GOP doesn't give a shit about border security they like the cheap labor and having impoverished shadow society.

As much time and energy Paul is spending trying to convince people in a country he doesn't live in how much we need a wall you would think he owns the company that's going to build it.

I'm thinking Paul got desperate and rented his account out for a few bucks. he doesn't even know the difference between an immigrant and a migrant.

If the border was only 75 miles, it could make some sense to at least put up something to restrict the easy access.
But the border is 2000 miles long.
If you were to build such a thing, sucessfully, and make it rat proof (tunnel), you would have a new fight on your hands on water and coastal areas.
It's a no win situation.
You can only manage it to some extent.

The 2 lager factors you need to deal with is why are they leaving where they are and why is it attractive to come here.
Attack it at those 2 sources.

This is as bad as the war on drugs. Can't win playing it this way.
You just spend lots of money where that in itself becomes a corruptible problem.

If the democrat's had any brains, they would give 5B for border security and allow POTUS to spend it as he wishes. Then he can take the blame for it.

Looks like someone is butthurt

Why do Trump supporters pretend we don't have 857 miles of wall & thousands of border patrol agents at the border already?

Trump shuts down American government over Christmas for border wall he promised Mexico would pay for. The height of stupidity

I hope a lot of those half million government employees that are work furloughed and working for free over the holidays are Trump supporters :1orglaugh

That is not President Trump's proposed border wall.

That's the one he wants to replace. For obvious reasons.

Trump didn't shut down the government. It's the Democrats who are causing problems.

And of course many federal workers are Trump supporters. They'll be happy to get a paid vacation or work and get paid later. They can afford to have some money in savings, they'll be fine. :thumbsup

This has been one of my arguments against the wall all along. The wall will only be as effective as our defense of it. We currently have more 1,400 open requests for more border patrol agents. Those requests have been there for years because we can't find enough people to fill them. Miles and miles and miles of unprotected border wall will end up with people going over it, under it, or through it.

We would be better off spending the money doing other things that make coming here less attractive for illegals while helping to make the places they are coming from better places to live.

Mitch McConnell did not have the bill up for a vote in the senate as far as I know.
So, it's not like the senate dem's had a chance to vote against it.

Generally, USCIS may grant H-2A classification for up to the period of time authorized on the temporary labor certification. H-2A classification may be extended for qualifying employment in increments of up to 1 year each. A new, valid temporary labor certification covering the requested time must accompany each extension request. The maximum period of stay in H-2A classification is 3 years.

Do h2a workers pay taxes?
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How much does a US work permit cost?
Employment Based Immigration Applications cost 345.00 USD in addition to the petition. Other immigration applications (such as self-petitioning) cost 205.00 USD. K visa for a fiancé or spouse of a U.S citizen costs 265.00 USD. Certain Afghan or Iraqi special immigrant applications have no fee.

How do you know if they ever go home ?

The vast majority of illegal immigrants fly here and overstay their visa.

But Trump wants a big wall with his name on it that only 35% of voters support.

It has been my point that most come here legally, they just don't go home.

THE WALL IS SYMBOLIC.

It's primitive.

Not surprised the group of people who barely evolved past barbarism thinks it's such a great idea.

No President has put such measures into place. It would require more than $10 million, but the fines collected would far out weigh the costs. Imagine 1,000s of fast food outlets being fined for hiring illegal workers. Fines they pay or get closed down, imagine illegals offered a trip home or having to be split up and held in camps.

But that would mean a rise in wages and then a rise in prices as companies are forced to pay more. And people prefer their cheap stuff to giving fellow citizens jobs.

Illegal migration is a big problem in Europe, but this board only wants to discuss how bad Trump is. So I stick to that.

Walls don't work. That's why there are no walls in the world. No one has ever used a wall anywhere, ever... to protect anything effectively.

hahah Mexicans are so dumb (doubt it was a spanish mexican though. had to of been the native american kind. the stupidity is baked into their DNA). It's obvious that car was never getting up over the point.

I repeatedly said illegal migrants, so is it you who can't read?

did that everyday as an ironworker... :2 cents:

they are colonist, not migrants just here for work :2 cents:

That was the point. Nobody goes to jail, they just pay a fine. Look at the banks.
All at the same time some are in jail for smoking weed.
Better to pay more for food than to spend in tax for welfare. Especially since those working those fields are not paying taxes. Many have family's here and you have child labor inside of this.

Someone should be glad I'm not in charge. I like the idea of revoking corporate charters.
They are only granted in concept of benefit to public at large.
It's time that meant something again.
They have turned into a 'get out of jail - FREE' card.

Don't anyone get me wrong. I have nothing against a migrant at all.
But don't let the politicians blow smoke up you butt as to the cause and effect and who is making money from this and getting the political advantage while they are the cause.

If those AG co's want to hire them, they should pay minimum wage and withhold taxes like everyone else. The republicans never have had any intentions of blocking them from coming here.

And giving them work permits and 1099-s status makes it legal.

The can walk right past the wall that you think you are paying for to stop it.
They don't go home once here and next year, their relatives come.
I can't blame them for coming. It's a attractive gig. Gets them away from the drug gangs a fairly poor economy where they can't feel safe.

The republicans created this system, and it's time they own up to it instead of telling everyone they are the ones to stop it. They have owned the conversation and use that to stop any changes.

They have used the idea of granting amnesty to those that are here is wrong, so they can stay here in illegal status where they work for sub-standard wages. And we the public loose the wage competition as well as the tax revenue.

It's not that hard to get what is fair, but you have to at least be asking for it !