A Case For The Wall
Mar 15, 2018 09:14:15 #
Border Agent Drops Jaws as He Tells Trump What Border Wall’s Made of
BY JOE SAUNDERS
MARCH 14, 2018 AT 7:01AM
These are the kind of jaw-dropping numbers liberals don’t want Americans to know.
But they’re the only kind that matter when it comes to President Donald Trump’s plan to build a long-promised wall on the border of the United States and Mexico.
And they prove one thing: Trump critics who think a border wall won’t cut down on illegal immigration have never talked to a Border Patrol agent.
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On a visit to San Diego on Tuesday to review eight huge prototypes of the wall he’s proposing, Trump got a welcome earful from one Border Patrol agent who described the merits of a border wall much less sophisticated than the one Trump envisions.
The agent, who was not identified, told Trump that border guards in the area had built the barrier from scrap metal.
“There was effectively no border in San Diego. It was a chaotic situation,” the agent told Trump in a video posted on YouTube.
“We set it in place really just to delineate where the border was. And it changed our environment.”
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How much did it change?
Illegal border crossings dropped by as much as 95 percent, the agent said.
If a crudely constructed wall made of scrap metal can cut illegal immigration by 95 percent, just by being a physical barrier, imagine what could happen with a modern wall, equipped with advanced surveillance features.
Trump was obviously impressed.
“That’s 95 percent with a scrap metal wall that they just put together with excess materials,” he said. “And it worked 95 percent.”
And the San Diego experience is far from unique.
In the New York Post on Sunday, columnist Paul Sperry recounted how a two-story barrier of corrugated iron built during the George W. Bush administration cut illegal immigration in the area by 89 percent.
“When the project first started in 2006, illegal crossings totaled 122,261, but by 2010, when the 131-mile fence was completed from one end of El Paso out into the New Mexico desert, immigrant crossings shrank to just 12,251,” Sperry wrote.
“They hit a low of 9,678 in 2012, before slowly ticking back up to a total of 25,193 last year. But they’re still well below pre-fence levels, and the Border Patrol credits the fortified barrier dividing El Paso from Mexico for the reduction in illegal flows.”
The effect on crime in El Paso was just as eye-opening as the numbers. Before the fence went up, according to Sperry, the sixth largest city in Texas was “mired in violent crime and drug smuggling.”
After the fence went up, Sperry wrote, property crimes dropped by 37 percent, and violent crimes by 6 percent.
Liberals have been opposed to the wall idea since Trump was just a long-shot candidate for the Republican nomination in 2015. They’re still opposed to it now that he’s the 45th president.
They say it won’t work, but in areas where the wall has been tried on even a limited basis, because the numbers tell the story — even with corrugated iron and scrap metal.
And they’re the kind of number liberals don’t want Americans to know.
BY JOE SAUNDERS
MARCH 14, 2018 AT 7:01AM
These are the kind of jaw-dropping numbers liberals don’t want Americans to know.
But they’re the only kind that matter when it comes to President Donald Trump’s plan to build a long-promised wall on the border of the United States and Mexico.
And they prove one thing: Trump critics who think a border wall won’t cut down on illegal immigration have never talked to a Border Patrol agent.
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On a visit to San Diego on Tuesday to review eight huge prototypes of the wall he’s proposing, Trump got a welcome earful from one Border Patrol agent who described the merits of a border wall much less sophisticated than the one Trump envisions.
The agent, who was not identified, told Trump that border guards in the area had built the barrier from scrap metal.
“There was effectively no border in San Diego. It was a chaotic situation,” the agent told Trump in a video posted on YouTube.
“We set it in place really just to delineate where the border was. And it changed our environment.”
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How much did it change?
Illegal border crossings dropped by as much as 95 percent, the agent said.
If a crudely constructed wall made of scrap metal can cut illegal immigration by 95 percent, just by being a physical barrier, imagine what could happen with a modern wall, equipped with advanced surveillance features.
Trump was obviously impressed.
“That’s 95 percent with a scrap metal wall that they just put together with excess materials,” he said. “And it worked 95 percent.”
And the San Diego experience is far from unique.
In the New York Post on Sunday, columnist Paul Sperry recounted how a two-story barrier of corrugated iron built during the George W. Bush administration cut illegal immigration in the area by 89 percent.
“When the project first started in 2006, illegal crossings totaled 122,261, but by 2010, when the 131-mile fence was completed from one end of El Paso out into the New Mexico desert, immigrant crossings shrank to just 12,251,” Sperry wrote.
“They hit a low of 9,678 in 2012, before slowly ticking back up to a total of 25,193 last year. But they’re still well below pre-fence levels, and the Border Patrol credits the fortified barrier dividing El Paso from Mexico for the reduction in illegal flows.”
The effect on crime in El Paso was just as eye-opening as the numbers. Before the fence went up, according to Sperry, the sixth largest city in Texas was “mired in violent crime and drug smuggling.”
After the fence went up, Sperry wrote, property crimes dropped by 37 percent, and violent crimes by 6 percent.
Liberals have been opposed to the wall idea since Trump was just a long-shot candidate for the Republican nomination in 2015. They’re still opposed to it now that he’s the 45th president.
They say it won’t work, but in areas where the wall has been tried on even a limited basis, because the numbers tell the story — even with corrugated iron and scrap metal.
And they’re the kind of number liberals don’t want Americans to know.
Mar 15, 2018 10:21:23 #
pafret wrote:
Border Agent Drops Jaws as He Tells Trump What Bor... (show quote)
A wall is a great idea, but what about the wildlife ?
Mar 15, 2018 10:39:58 #
It'll have to adapt. Mike
Big dog wrote:
A wall is a great idea, but what about the wildlife ?
Mar 16, 2018 13:35:16 #
Big dog wrote:
A wall is a great idea, but what about the wildlife ?
What about the wildlife, don't you think they will adjust and adapt. We have installed blacktop & concrete roadways all over this country and the local wildlife have adapted. They will adapt to the wall as well. But the illegal alien will have a problem with it, which is much more important in my way of thinking !!!!!!
Mar 16, 2018 14:13:57 #
TrueAmerican wrote:
What about the wildlife, don't you think they will adjust and adapt. We have installed blacktop & concrete roadways all over this country and the local wildlife have adapted. They will adapt to the wall as well. But the illegal alien will have a problem with it, which is much more important in my way of thinking !!!!!!
I definitely want to Stop all the illegal crossing, but the natural migration of some critters is a concern.
Mar 16, 2018 14:18:56 #
Big dog wrote:
A wall is a great idea, but what about the wildlife ?
Theyll be a little upset with us just like those dang illegal aliens but eventually they will come around~~ We can always rescue them if needed.. They are animals after all..
Your concern shows your heart!!!
Mar 16, 2018 14:24:57 #
pafret wrote:
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Yessss Sirrrreeeee!! Build that baby!!
Look at any country that has built walls, they certainly are safer and don't have the mass influx of illegals as we do!!
Close em out!! Get a handle on what is here and cleaned up and out.. Then consider a 50k admission of true refugees, not every Tom, Dick and Harry that comes looking to hurt our country!! If they can not provide verifiable vetting documuments no entry!! If not self sufficent no entry, etcetcetc..
Mar 16, 2018 16:21:46 #
Big dog wrote:
I definitely want to Stop all the illegal crossing, but the natural migration of some critters is a concern.
Mostly Javelinas and Cougars.
Mar 16, 2018 18:09:52 #
lindajoy wrote:
Yessss Sirrrreeeee!! Build that baby!!
Look at any country that has built walls, they certainly are safer and don't have the mass influx of illegals as we do!!
Close em out!! Get a handle on what is here and cleaned up and out.. Then consider a 50k admission of true refugees, not every Tom, Dick and Harry that comes looking to hurt our country!! If they can not provide verifiable vetting documuments no entry!! If not self sufficent no entry, etcetcetc..
Look at any country that has built walls, they certainly are safer and don't have the mass influx of illegals as we do!!
Close em out!! Get a handle on what is here and cleaned up and out.. Then consider a 50k admission of true refugees, not every Tom, Dick and Harry that comes looking to hurt our country!! If they can not provide verifiable vetting documuments no entry!! If not self sufficent no entry, etcetcetc..
America First!!!!
Mar 16, 2018 20:44:06 #
badbobby wrote:
America First!!!!
Woohooo YOU nailed it !!!!!
You are loved...🧚♀️☘️☘️☘️
Mar 16, 2018 22:16:56 #
Big dog wrote:
A wall is a great idea, but what about the wildlife ?
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Wild life? The wild life on the side of Mexico must stay in Mexico. They are called Mexico wildlife. The wild life on the side of the US could stay in the US. They will be used to it. They don't kill each other. Unlike the Mexicans who come to the US, they do all kinds of mayhem. Killing, drug dealing, drug addicts, rapists, free loaders, and all kinds of criminal activities.
If they want to come to the US, come legally. Just like all those who come legally and assimilate the US culture.
Work hard and study instead of FREE LOADING!. Life is NOT FREE.
Mar 16, 2018 22:44:41 #
Big Dog, I realize your concern and I would feel the same way if I didn't know that the animals will adapt. Even if they didn't I put our and our kids safety ahead of critters. Mike
Big dog wrote:
I definitely want to Stop all the illegal crossing, but the natural migration of some critters is a concern.
Mar 17, 2018 09:24:51 #
teabag09 wrote:
Big Dog, I realize your concern and I would feel the same way if I didn't know that the animals will adapt. Even if they didn't I put our and our kids safety ahead of critters. Mike
Agreed
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