Posted on 11/22/2016 4:29:47 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
LOS EBANOS, Texas — All along the winding Rio Grande, the people who live in this bustling, fertile region where the U.S. border meets the Gulf of Mexico never quite understood how Donald Trump’s great wall could ever be much more than campaign rhetoric.
Erecting a concrete barrier across the entire 1,954-mile frontier with Mexico, they know, collides head-on with multiple realities: the geology of the river valley, fierce local resistance and the immense cost.
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If a 30- to 40-foot concrete wall is a panacea for illegal immigration, as Trump insisted during the campaign, the locals are not convinced. And few were surprised when the president-elect seemed to soften his position five days after the election, saying that the wall could include some fencing.
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I've seen government studies say California alone spends 25 Billion a year dealing with illegal immigration. One study says 113 Billion a year nation wide.
Build the wall spend a billion on maintenance and another 2 billion paying young men and women who are wrmed to the teeth to guard the wall and who have no sense of humor whatsoever when dealing with criminals trying to breach the wall and you will end up saving billions a year.
Since this is from PBS, just consider it as BS...do not bother reading the propaganda article
Says who. . .Illegal Americans?
“Americans who live near border say Trump’s wall is unwelcome”
Tough turkey.
PBS-Strictly the truth.
Well, of course we'll have to keep the river. There's no logic in giving it to Mexico. Think of it as a penalty against them for friggin' with us all this time.
We could even move the channel if we had to.
Sudddenly, PBS cares what Americans think.
Trump will negotiate with Mexico to build a wall about 10-20 miles south of the existing border, and another straight, diagonal line from the point where El Paso is to the Gulf.
The cities along the border (Tijuana, Mexicali, Cuidad Juarez, etc) would be disbanded and become part of U.S. federal territory.
In exchange, Mexico would receive about $50 billion in payment, which would cover the wall, the disbanded cities, and for returning illegal aliens to relocate. Also, Trump may throw in that all Mexican citizens are eligible for 2-week visas per year.
Having this border buffer zone does 3 things:
(1) It facilitates trade and commerce more efficiently, as there would be checkpoint/roads that only trade can come across
(2) It would immediately shut down the drug cartels and coyotes, as they would now have to get past this border zone which would be occupied by federal agents or even U.S. military bases.
(3) It would leave existing private lands along the border alone (Personally, I can't see a wall being built along the Rio Grande. It's just too tacky).
Probably the human traffickers and drug dealers.
+1.
National Panhandler Radio and Please Buy Something are liberal cesspools needing immediate defunding.
Since this is PBS it isn’t worth much.
Strange. I keep reading contrary reports.
People WANT THE WALL! People DON’T WANT THE WALL!
Build it in the sections where people want it. Those without the wall will then demand the wall when they are overrun simply because there is no wall there.
“Erecting a concrete barrier across the entire 1,954-mile frontier with Mexico, they know, collides head-on with multiple realities: the geology of the river valley, fierce local resistance and the immense “
For one, the wall has been budgeted and paid for. For another, the design has already been done, environmental studies done, when the wall is built where will the labor come from and what is the logistics to feed and house them. The only thing that probably hasn’t been fully vetted yet Is the prime contractor, the subs and the newer technology that has hit the market since the plans were first drawn up.
Yeah, those living near the border on the Mexican side probably hate the idea.
I live on the border and can’t wait for the wall.
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