[Condor51]

*** There are construction issues with building a fence or wall.... The cost is also staggering. (I am in the construction industry) ****

'Staggering'?

No offense, but, about five years ago the cost of building one mile of a 6 Lane Expressway in my good ole IL was approx $1,000,000.00. That's $189.94 per linear foot. If we can't build a 20ft high wall for that something is drastically wrong.

BTW, I'm in construction too, have been since 1970. Mechanical Engineering of Commercial buildings mostly now. Have also been a Project Manager and Chief Estimator - from 57 Floor Hi-Rises to schools. And IMO the structural aspects of building a wall are not all that daunting, especially with Pre-Cast Planks (not poured Concrete).

[kabar]

A 2,000 mile state-of-the-art border fence has been estimated to cost between four and eight billion dollars. Costs for a wall that would run the entire length of the border might be as low as $851 million for a standard 10-foot prison chain link fence topped by razor wire. For another $362 million, the fence could be electrified. A larger 12-foot tall, two-foot-thick concrete wall painted on both sides would run about $2 billion."

We spend $100 billion a year in Iraq. Our sourthern border is just as important to national security as Iraq.