“A fence does nothing to solve the problem we already have.”
The problem we have today is over 1 million illegal border crossings each year, including drugs and human trafficking.
The problem we have today is an uncontrolled border that makes uncontrolled illegal immigration inevitable.
What problem are *you* talking about?
Er, that would be the 12 million people who are already here. Which was what the article was about, although that appears to have been forgotten by people dreaming of the magic fence.
Frankly, I hold the latter group directly responsible for this miserable bill. No one had any good, realistic or foresighted solutions. All we had was raving about the magic fence. And now we’re stuck with a horrible bill that solves no problems whatsoever.