Thread: Trump threatens to close entire border if Democrats don't fund border wall
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Old 12-31-2018, 02:24 AM  
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It's not some illegal immigrants who come through the border legally, it's most of them.

Walls, seas, dragons, fire pits or anything else you can dream of won't fix that problem.

There's no point spending billions on a wall when most of the illegal immigrants come in through the front door.
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In 2000, however, more than 1.6 million illegal border crossers were apprehended. In 2001, the figure was 1.3 million.

In the early 2000s, the largest group of undocumented migrants caught entering the US were Mexican men crossing to work. When caught, border patrol sent them back without long-term detention or court proceedings.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/num...ly-separations

What we know about illegal immigration from Mexico | Pew Research Center

The Wall is just one measure to slow down migration. It will not solve the problem and isn't intended to.

Please don't quote that crossings are down, because they can just as easily go up again.
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