Promises made....easy solution

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

I’m against a simple elegant and incorrect solution to a complex problem.
There’s horrific situations in a number of countries in Central America
Building a wall for billions that you can scale with a ladder and a rope worth $500 is simplistic
People don’t hand carry drugs across the border in any quantity, it comes by truck, plane and boat and still would.
We also need immigration reform along with how we do work permits, and clamp down on the illegal workers like the ones Trump has hired in the past
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If you want a complex solution, a wall would be part of it, not the whole of it. It won't stop boats and planes (don't know what your complex solution would) but it would stop a lot of people and slow down a bunch too. And would make it more feasible for a border security force to do its job. And $20 billion is a tiny drip of money that the federal government spends on dip-chit projects.

As for improving conditions in the countries from which the illegals come, we can't nation build the world. If we ease the internal pressures of the poorly governed nations by accepting a steady flow of their population, the crisis needed for their reform is eased and the rotten conditions will remain.

In order to have a successful nation state, its citizens must assure that state. The citizens must demand their rights or revolt.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by detbuch

If you want a complex solution, a wall would be part of it, not the whole of it. It won't stop boats and planes (don't know what your complex solution would) but it would stop a lot of people and slow down a bunch too. And would make it more feasible for a border security force to do its job. And $20 billion is a tiny drip of money that the federal government spends on dip-chit projects.

As for improving conditions in the countries from which the illegals come, we can't nation build the world. If we ease the internal pressures of the poorly governed nations by accepting a steady flow of their population, the crisis needed for their reform is eased and the rotten conditions will remain.

In order to have a successful nation state, its citizens must assure that state. The citizens must demand their rights or revolt.

Perhaps if we had not made sure that popular governments had not survived in Central America they would not be such a mess.
China and Russia are expanding their involvement in the region, while we reduce ours.

And as far as your wall goes Trump tweeted, now explain what will more wall do
He claims to have already solved the problem
“With so much talk about the Wall, people are losing sight of the great job being done on our Southern Border by Border Patrol, ICE and our great Military. Remember the Caravans? Well, they didn’t get through and none are forming or on their way. Border is tight. Fake News silent!”
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Perhaps if we had not made sure that popular governments had not survived in Central America they would not be such a mess.

Do you want to keep making that mistake?

China and Russia are expanding their involvement in the region, while we reduce ours.

What do you mean by "expanding involvement"? Are they accepting mass migration and immigration from the region?

And as far as your wall goes Trump tweeted, now explain what will more wall do
He claims to have already solved the problem
“With so much talk about the Wall, people are losing sight of the great job being done on our Southern Border by Border Patrol, ICE and our great Military. Remember the Caravans? Well, they didn’t get through and none are forming or on their way. Border is tight. Fake News silent!”
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He is speaking about a temporary situation which involved exaggerated reaction to stop an immediate threat. The military is not part of a long term complex solution. His border security officers have told him that the wall would greatly help along those parts of the border that have no official port of entry and are not secured 24/7.