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Policy discussions are just that – discussions. Those who oppose the border wall, which are mostly Democrats but also include a growing number of right-leaning Never-Trumpers, have shut down any attempts to have a discussion. They have made up their minds and latched onto one or more reasons to justify their conclusion without actually admitting to the one real reason.
Let’s look at some of the fake reasons for blocking wall construction before getting to the real and quite obvious reason for it.
It’s immoral, racist, or unethical
This is the exact opposite of the truth. The most immoral, racist, and unethical action is to continue to allow illegal immigrants, criminals, and possible even terrorists to do financial and/or physical harm to legal immigrants, the people who are most detrimentally affected by open borders.
I’m a legal immigrant. I would love a Democrat to debate me on how I’m racist for expecting the sovereign nation that adopted me to enforce the laws I followed and not allow others to circumvent the system. We’re not talking about stopping immigration. That would be racist. We’re talking about stopping illegal immigration. That should be common sense.
It’s too expensive
I wholeheartedly agree, but not based on the same mentality the leftists have. I wish we would look at other solutions (described below) that would cost less and be more effective, but a wall is what’s on the table so it must be built even with the $25 billion price tag. The cost of keeping the borders open with no deterrent across most of it is far greater than the cost of the wall. It would more than offset the expense.
On a side note, it’s laughable that Democrats have the nerve to claim ANYTHING is too expensive. They haven’t seen a price tag too high in their political lives.
It’s ineffective
Here’s what a wall would do, and once again I would love to have a discussion with someone who wanted to contradict these claims:
- AÂ wall would act as a deterrent to those who plan on traveling to the border in hopes of crossing illegally.
- A wall would slow those crossing illegal with criminal or terrorist intentions, giving border patrol a greater opportunity to apprehend them.
- A wall would compel those seeking asylum or other methods of entering the country to use a proper port of entry so they can go through the process that we’ve set forth as a nation.
I am in the minority on the right who has researched the topic and come to the conclusion that a strong fence COMBINED WITH the amazing emerging LiDAR technology, ground sensors, and an automated drone system would be less expensive and much more effective than a wall. But, as I mentioned before, we need something and if a wall is on the table now, so be it. If the next right-minded President is willing to explore a better solution and the need still exists to implement it, that’s great. If we are unable to get the wall, I would push in the future for the fence + technology solution.
Whether there’s a wall, fence, or open air, the other two components of border security are increases in border patrol agents and immigration judges. We need border patrol to not be spread so thin and we need more judges to work down the backlog and get request processing to as close to real-time as possible. If asylum seekers knew they’d be apprehended, have their hearing while still in custody, and sent back if they their application was not approved, the number of applications would drop dramatically. Who’s going to travel 3,000 miles when there’s a huge chance they’ll be turned away on the spot?
Now, on to the obvious reason Democrats are obsessed with the wall. They want to hurt President Trump’s reelection chances. That’s it. And it’s not just politicians. There are too many left-leaning Americans opposing the wall because of their hatred for Trump even if logical analysis and common sense tell them the wall is needed. Through their continued support of Democrats opposing the wall, these Trump-hating American citizens are complicit in allowing all of the negatives associated with keeping the borders wide open.
Here’s some real world common sense to inject into the discussion. Those who oppose the wall are opposed to an important component of border security that could have prevented the entry and reentry of these small sampling of alleged border-crossing bad guys:
- Luis Cobos-Cenobio
- Wilbur Ernesto Martinez-Guzman
- Cristhian Bahena Rivera
- Edgar Torres-Rangel
- Hector Montez
Democrats are willing to look past these incidents if it means harming the President.
Their dishonesty about their motives is the most telling proof that it’s an obsession. Letting in illegal immigrants, opening borders, and gaining future voters are all secondary motives to the real goal: hurting President Trump. Every day without a wall is a day the Democrats are willfully putting Americans in harms way for no reason other than retaining their own personal power.
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