Posted on 07/23/2015 7:27:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald Trump reiterated calls to erect a wall on the border between Mexico and the United States during a visit to the border city of Laredo, Texas, on Thursday.
"In certain sections you have to have a wall, absolutely," Trump said, speaking to the press shortly after touring the border crossing. "The wall will save you a tremendous amount of money."
The comments came during a fly in visit to the city to discuss plans for increasing border security. Just one month ago, during his campaign launch, Trump said one of the priorities of his presidency would be to build a wall between Mexico and the U.S.
His anti-immigration stance has ignited outrage, and Trump has come under fire from Latino groups for disparaging comments made about Mexicans.
"When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best," Trump said during his campaign announcement, which devolved into an off-script rant. "They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists."
The population of Laredo, Texas, is 250,000, and 95.6% of those residents are Hispanic or Latino. Much of the city's economy is based on cross-border trade. Trump weighed in on this on Thursday, saying the prosperity that Laredo sees as the largest border crossing for goods traded between the United States and Mexico is due to Mexico.
"A lot of what's happening here is because Mexico is doing so well," said Trump. "I don’t know if that's good for the United States."
Trump has already received pushback from residents ahead of his arrival, and a group gathered to protest against his visit when he arrived at Laredo International Airport on Thursday, in a 757 with his name emblazoned on its side....
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Perry wouldn’t but Abbott might.
You will kill 3 birds with one stone.
There will never be a fence along the Texas border.
why is that?
Which side of the river would you put the fence? Put it on the Texas side and you give the Rio Grande to Mexico and that will never happen. Millions of people all along the Texas side of the river depend on that water. I have friends and family that own several miles of river frontage, that’s all they have for both them and the livestock.
The bordet needs secured and it will require a hell of a lot more than bricks and mortar.
“The bordet needs secured and it will require a hell of a lot more than bricks and mortar.”
I agree.
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