I hear a lot about this "Protecting the Border" or "Sealing the Border" but no one ever provides any details or costs. Can you provide that?
As I have pointed out, the underground economy is detrimental to the US and Mexico. But even worse, if it goes unchecked it leads to an increasingly larger number of people who have nothing to lose. People with something to lose don't abandon the system. If a large enough group have nothing to lose the system will fail and The Republic del Norte will come into being.
Will it cost more than treating illegals at hospitals? More than room and board in our prisons? More than the lost tax revenue? I don't know. I do know that the first responsibility of the Commander in Chief is to protect the country and the Constitution. It doesn't say that we should only do that if it doesn't cost too much.