TMCTLT... I'm simply trying to keep you on track.
There are two problems, and the talking heads like to combine them and suggest that a single solution will fix both, because they want to make political points. But that's false.
Problem 1 - Lots of mexicans. Lots of mexicans want to come in to the US to work. While I suspect all the politicians want this as well, half of them are invested in convincing you they don't want this. Lots of mexicans coming across the border has very specific negative impacts (public resources) as well as a few possible solutions (reduce the available jobs). The most popular right-wing solution is this mythical wall. This will probably reduce the inflow a bit, but really just the lazy and least determined of them.
Problem 2 - Big bad evil terrorists. The common meme being kicked around by the talking heads is "if this many mexicans make it through, it is easy for small groups of determined evil-doers to get across too"... to that I say, so? If we're talking about small groups of evil doers, they can come across into the US literally anywhere. They're small and determined, remember? and don't forget, these are funded terrorists, they don't even need to come across illegally. What's to stop them from just getting a fake passport and flying in? And hell... we don't even need to import terrorists. they can just convince a few locals to join their cause. Bottom line is this, the mythical wall won't even cause terrorists to pause for a second. Hell, I'm willing to bet that right now they don't bother going across the mexican border... that's the one we're looking at already.
If you want your wall, you make the argument based on the illegal immigrants coming from mexico. That's the argument it needs to live or die on. The terrorism argument just doesn't fly...
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