permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Your wall will be an issue in a few days..

write your congressman today and kill the wall, kill the wall, kill the wall..


Washington (CNN)The Trump administration has revealed its master plan for securing the border -- and it's going to cost $33 billion.

Of that total, $18 billion will be required for President Donald Trump's long-promised border wall, according to Customs and Border Protection documents obtained by CNN that were sent to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
The remaining $15 billion would cover technology, personnel and readiness, the document says.
Titled "Critical CBP Requirements to Improve Border Security," the document says CBP has identified what a 2,026-mile border wall system would entail --comprising about 864 miles of new wall and about 1,163 miles of replacement or secondary wall -- even as administration officials and their allies insist they are not pursuing a wall "from sea to shining sea," as Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and her predecessor John Kelly have testified to Congress.
DHS nominee Kirstjen Nielsen: 'No need for a wall from sea to shining sea'
DHS nominee Kirstjen Nielsen: 'No need for a wall from sea to shining sea'
The document says the $18 billion investment will cover 722 miles of border wall -- about 316 new miles of primary structure and about 407 miles of replacement and secondary wall.

goch1

Wonder how much the wall in China cost??? This post seems only concerned about the cost, nothing about the safety and security of our country, as well as discouraging illegals from putting themselves in danger by crossing the border illegally.

Crayons Loc: St Jo, Texas

Git Lost slacker;Ask us if we care what some leftover o'bozo slacker from homeland insecurity say's
or even what the RINO's from the Chamber of Commerce says.

We were promised that dang fence 20 years ago, and we're Tired of all the Gulf Cartels Rolling
Gun Battles and all the problems stretching from Brownsville/Matamoros/McAllen TX to Tijuana/San Diego CA.

WARNING GRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS
www.borderlandbeat.com

peter11937 Loc: NYS

Not to mention the disruption of the drug traffic that costs us lives and BILLIONS of dollars. Those dollars going to criminals who kill , kidnap, engage in white slavery, robbery, etc etc etc. Organized crime at its' worst..

wuzblynd Loc: thomson georgia

Libs don't have enough brain cells to think that far ahead.

maryjane

In my view, spending the money this way makes more sense than the billions we have given, and still give, other countries & global organizations. At least a border wall benefits us.

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

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This explains the logical reason to build the wall very simply and anyone wiTH common sense would understand but I have yet to meet a liberal with COMMON SENSE

peter11937 Loc: NYS

So true, oh so true!

archie bunker Loc: Texas

I don't have a boat anymore, Permi. A wetback stole it. I say build the damn wall, kick as many as possible out, quit giving Mexico money, and it'll pay for itself.

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

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Absolutely!!
Building the wall will pay for it's self.

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

Old trolls never die they just smell that way.

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

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Mollie

Obama spent trillions when he was in office. Other than Obamacare, paying Michelle's friends for a computer system that doesn't work for Obamacare, investing in failed "green" projects, increasing welfare and the number of people that came in illegally to use it, can anyone say what the rest of the trillions was spent on. The wall is also going to result in jobs to build the wall and all those people will pay taxes. Lastly, I can't think of anyone more qualified to build the wall than Mr. Trump. With his experience, I'm sure it will be brought in on time and under budget which is absolutely unheard of in Washington.

kenvrla Loc: East Tx Piney Woods

Perm, do you still think we need the technnlogical aspects of the wall? I think that Pres. Trump's proposal includes these aspects. As for the cost, I think we give much more than the 18B projected total cost (1.8 B annual cost over 10 years) to illegals every year, so although not a perfect business model. it works on paper. Still think electronic aspect should go in first, along with more border agents first. Texas and other border states are much more attuned to the problems of current open borders than the rest of the country, as we deal with it first-hand, and the rest of the country deals with only the "filtered" aspects.

Loki Loc: Georgia

Illegals cost this country anywhere from 80 billion to well over one hundred billion per year, depending on whose statistics you use. Personally, I think the wall is a non-starter in many areas. It would work well in some areas; in others it is a joke. In many places the money would be better spent on more electronic or drone surveillance, more Border Patrol and better rapid response capability.
US employers who knowingly hire wetbacks should face severe penalties. Wetbacks who break this country's laws should face far stiffer penalties than they do now. Stop making this country so attractive to poorly educated sponges.