“Americans who live near border say Trump’s wall is unwelcome”
Tough turkey.
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.
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.
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.
The few that they found are the entrenched smugglers that live in the area and their livelihood depends upon an open border ... the vast majority feel the exact opposite.
Headline should read:
Illegal Aliens and their unholy spawn say Trump’s wall not welcome.
I actually wouldn’t be surprised if a great many people along the border to object to a wall. If you looking at the voting pattern, at least in TX, it’s pretty blue. But it doesn’t matter if they want one or not. It’s what do we need to secure the border. If they don’t like it, they’re free to move, either north OR south of it.
“The geology of the river valley, fierce local resistance and the immense cost.”
They are not paying attention. This is Trump
I live 10 miles from the border and the Trump Wall is damn sure welcome!
This is PBS so those who they say are against the wall are probably illegals living in the US or Mexican-Americans who are more loyal to Mexico than the US. PBS lacks credibility.
As best I can tell the most popular illegal way to cross the Southern border is to rent an Id and walk across the bridge. Many thousands cross the bridge each morning rush-hour to go to work. A few thousand less cross the bridge again in afternoon rush hour. What happened to the rest?
Smart illegals laugh at the stupid who cross in the desert.
I don’t believe it.
PBS had to have looked pretty hard to find someone to say that.
This almost sounded real, until I got to the "local resistance" part.
I'm sure that the designers of the wall will be happy to leave gaps where the illegal dope smugglers and other criminals can be funneled through the properties of "local resisters."