Yet The US Border Patrol says more terrorist cross the Canadian Border than the Mexican Border so apparently you are wrong yet again. "Physical barriers are force multipliers when it comes to securing the border."
Eggsactly Batman! Thank you for proving my point. The most costly part of any government program is wages of all the people involved. Build a Wall on the Canadian Border and you need literally thousands less people patrolling it. Thank you for pointing out it will be a cost savings to build a wall.
"We don't have drug cartels operating in Canada nor are there spotters operating on the Northern border inside the US facilitating the influx of drugs. The US has lost control of security on the Southern border up to 80 miles inside the US. That is not the case with Canada."
Yeah not lost control of the Northern Border yeah uh huh OK. US agents close cross-border drug tunnel Elaborate passage dug beneath Canada line
"The tunnel, measuring nearly 100 yards long and equipped with electricity and a ventilation system, began under a Quonset hut on the Canadian side and led to an abandoned home in Lynden, Wash., just across the border."
A tunnel as long as a football field. I would suspect a bit of money was spent on that. And this one they found remember 32 miles out of 4000 they claim they can control. How many more tunnels and routes across the border are being used. Like you said if we had a wall for a force multiplier we could send more guys looking for these things.
Then there is this:
So Canada does not have the money to police the border and when the drugs dry up at one border they will fire up on the other because the money will be even better. "You still avoided my question about building a wall between Alaska and Canada? Why? Because you know how silly that would be"
Actually I did just the opposite I didn't say we should not build a wall there I said we should get the lower 48 secure and then deal with Alaska. Then we build a Border defense there too.
"And in a nation with a $19 trillion national debt and over $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities (entitlement programs) how can you rule out costs?"
Because if you are going to secure the border you need more guys patrolling it remember 32 miles out of 4000 is claimed to be controlled. Hiring enough people to do it WITHOUT A WALL would be waaaaaay too costly remember you proved my point a Wall is a "Force Multiplier" once built it allows us to use far fewer people to control the border.
Bottom line, we can't afford to NOT build a wall on All the Borders.