maximus wrote:
According to Fox News, the Center for Immigration Studies says that each illegal costs the Feds $82,191 over the life span of the illegal.
This estimate means that for every 100,000 illegal immigrants that are stopped from crossing the border, it would save taxpayers $8.2 billion over the illegal immigrants’ lifetimes, the report states.
The report also concludes that a southern border wall between the U.S. and Mexico would only have to stop four percent of undocumented migrants, or about 60,000 over the next 10 years, to recoup the cost of President Trump’s $5 billion funding ask.
There's also this aspect...
Several "Angel parents" -- the mothers and fathers of U.S. citizens killed by illegal immigrants -- are accusing top Democrats of being out of touch with “regular America” after they claimed President Trump is “manufacturing a crisis” at the border to win support for the construction of his long-promised wall.
So, yes I KNOW the wall will pay for itself. Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters both have high walls around their homes ( Obama too), and why, anyone might ask? To "keep unwanted people out"...to "stop" uninvited entry to their property is the ONLY answer.
I know that you are aware that Pelosi, Shumer, Obama, and many other democrats previously were in support of a wall for much more money that Trump is asking for, so why the 180 degree turnaround? Only ONE thing has changed...Trump got elected.
That one fact moves it out of the realm wasteful, useless, immoral points and moves it firmly into the "We don't want the wall only because Trump does" line of BS.
I also believe that the 90% of immigrants arriving at airports you mentioned, are legal.
Absolutely...the wall WILL work AND pay for itself.
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Excellent post! Although I think it will be called BS by the left without any research whatsoever.