There are construction issues with building a fence or wall. I am in the construction industry, and I have been involved with fence projects, and it’s not as easy as people say it is, especially Jim Pinkerton.
The cost is also staggering.
The cost is also staggering.
Aren't the funds already approved?
The cost of being overrun with illegals and terroprists is also staggering.
There are issues with every construction project. Those associated with building a physical barrier on our Southern border are not insuperable. A physical barrier is just a force multiplier. You need less people to secure the border and you slow down the numbers coming in. We have the engineering skills to meet the challenge. It is not exactly rocket science.
The cost is also staggering.
Do you know how much it will cost? What are those costs compared to the costs of the 12 to 20 million illegals already in this country? Or the amount of drugs coming in? Or the national security risk posed by terrorists entering this country? The BP apprehended and sent back over a million people last year trying to enter our country on the southern border. Another 500,000 to 1 million got thru.
The costs of the fence pale in comparison to all these other costs.
We have spent Billions of Dollars and built thousands of miles of useless sound barriers along Interstate Highways in this country, and they serve no purpose whatsoever. Surely we can scrape together a few bucks to fence the border.
'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).
The lives and safety of Americans are worth it.
The cost of not building is more staggering - 20 million more illegals flooding across the border and sucking at the government socialism teat.
Yup, a physical fence would make for a lot of staggering costs in the construction industry, what with the way it would hinder illegals from being available for cheap labor and all.
We will have a net gain based on all the unpaid doctors bills the tax payers pick up each year.