Posted on 09/03/2015 4:53:08 PM PDT by mandaladon
During his press conference in New York on Thursday, Donald Trump reiterated his dedication to building a massive wall along the entire southern border of the United States with Mexico. Univision anchor Jorge Ramos thinks this idea is not merely absurd but also a “complete waste of time and money.”
“As you can imagine, for the last few days, I’ve been thinking a lot about Donald Trump and his plan to deport more than 11 million undocumented immigrants from the United States,” Ramos said in a segment for his Fusion show America, following his confrontation with the GOP frontrunner a week ago.
Ramos proceeded to use a white board to literally illustrate everything that is wrong with Trump’s plan. According to an estimate calculated by The New York Times, building the wall will cost $16 million per mile for a total of about $20 billion. Ramos noted that the larger border between the U.S. and Canada would remain “completely open” (assuming Scott Walker is not elected president).
“This wall would be a complete waste of time and money,” Ramos continued, citing a survey that found nearly 40% of undocumented immigrants come into the country by plane and overstay their visas (this is where Chris Christie’s FedEx-like tracking program comes in handy).
On top of that, Ramos noted that more immigrants are coming into the country from China than are coming from Mexico. “Go figure,” he said.
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If more people are coming in from China, then why do I rarely see chinese people, but mexicans across all 50 states are ubiquitous.
I first saw it here and promptly stole it! B^)
“A four lane divided highway is now only about 1 million per mile.”
Add a 15 foot concrete wall in the divider, bury conduit for electricity and communication, and install lights, cameras and sensors. Voila! Maybe a posted 8 foot chain link fence on the Mexican side, for an exclusion area.
If you survey the route, and specify the construction standards, construction could be delegated in segments.
Let State and Local Governments build parts if they want. Let wealthy individuals and interest groups raise money to sponsor segments. Place a fee on Mexican visitors, a fine on illegals, a duty on Mexican imports, or reduce assistance to Mexico; to make them pay for segments. Be creative. Sell Wall Bonds. T-Shirts. Lottery tickets.
Just build a high speed railway from San Diego to Houston that runs on top of a high wall, problem solved and the enviroweinies will love it.
Any school kid can watch them cross the border, it is what happens after they cross that is the problem.
Just annex and use land on the Mexican side no purchase required.
I just viewed BOR’s interview w/this clown. As much as I don’t like the blustery BOR I had to laugh when he over-pronounced Jorge and it came out real fine-” WHORE-HAY”
I watched the whole clip and I can’t believe what a frikkin’ flaming a$$hole Ramos is. I had to laugh tho, the intensity of his replies and him constantly circumventing the interviewer to continually hammer his point home-right or wrong was baffling to witness.
He would do better in quitting his job at Univision -get into metrosexual rentboy mode and peddle his perfumes and clothing lines on QVC.
good grief he is flaming a$$hole
Yep, we need aa no man zone of various depths on the Mexican side.
I call him George.
Ive seen an estimate that worked its way to 120.
Shut off the welfare magnet, end “birthright” citizenship, and stop giving the foreign invaders jobs. That’s as good as a physical barrier.
#DualCitizenshipMatters
There was a pretty good article on Conservative Review about a border fence last week. The author estimates $6 Billion on the high end for cost. The article goes on to say that the break even point is reached once the fence stops 8500 illegals for crossing into he country. We really need to build it.
https://www.conservativereview.com/Commentary/2015/08/Border-Fences-Work
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