Wall not up

[LazyHydras]

Originally Posted by Wonkie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

bingo. unless we're going full Esthar closing every border and barring foreign entry(not happening) the wall is just a dopamine hit for the bigoted.

See my last post. The wall isn't just about people being here illegally. It is about the criminal underground that surrounds illegal smuggling of all kinds. CBP captures loads of creatively smuggled (e.g: cocaine in frozen shrimp shipments) illegal cargo at ports and airports every day. We don't just throw up our hands and say "Well, it'll come in anyway," we do what we can to prevent it from happening, or to make it much more difficult, expensive, and time-consuming for smugglers to do so.

$5 billion for the border wall (or steel-slatted barrier) is ONE MONTH in Afghanistan. It is also approximately HALF of the $10.6 billion in development aid that we have pledged to Mexico and Central America. Just putting the dollar amount in perspective.