This Is How We Can Build Trump’s Wall Without Going Broke, by Dave Jolly March 19, 2016
GOP presidential candidate Trump has vowed to build a wall
along our border with Mexico in order to stop illegal immigration. Virtually
every politician, Democratic and Republican has condemned him for wanting to
stop the flood of illegals from entering our country. They say it’s inhumane to
build a wall. One of the other arguments I’ve heard against Trump’s wall is
that it would cost too much and the government cannot afford to build nearly
2,000 miles of secured fencing or wall. Others say that a border fence or wall
won’t work anyway.
What’s inhumane about wanting to protect our nation from
the huge influx of illegal aliens or potential terrorists? Isn’t the security
of Americans more important to us than people from other nations? Isn’t it more
important to put Americans at work than millions of illegals? Isn’t it more
important to spend our valuable resources to help American citizens than
illegals?
As for whether or not a border fence or wall will work, all
one has to do is turn to the border system built at Yuma, Arizona. They built a three fence system that
has stopped up to 92% of illegal border crossings over 126 miles of border.
The first fence encountered is a 20-foot-high steel fence.
If they manage to scale that, illegals will have to cross a 75-yard-wide no
man’s land that is monitored by cameras and sensors. Border Patrol agents also
patrol the no man’s land in SUVs on a regular basis. If they make it across no
man’s land, they will encounter a tightly woven steel fence that is also
monitored. If they manage to breach the second fence, they find themselves
faced with a cyclone fence topped with barbed wire. Click here to see tour of Yuma border fence.
The fence system at Yuma proves that a well thought out and
constructed fencing system does work, thus nullifying the argument of
effectiveness.
But what about the cost of building a secure border? How
can America afford to extend Yuma’s fence another 1,800 miles?
The solution is simple and I’m surprised that no one has
ever mentioned it but me. Use our military.
The greatest cost of most construction projects is labor.
We have constructions battalions in our military personnel. They go overseas
and build airstrips and military bases. They also help rebuild the
infrastructure of cities and communities.
So why can’t we use these military construction crews to
build the border fence? We already pay them, so realistically, the labor for a
border fence would be free. Doesn’t it make more sense to put our military
personnel to use to protect our nation for a change instead of building and
protecting in other countries?
Isn’t one of the primary purposes of our military to
protect our nation? Once the military builds a border fence, use military
security personnel to help man the border security? There is no way the
existing Border Patrol agents can patrol and monitor the entire border, so it
only makes sense to use trained military personnel to fill in the gaps?
Using our military to build and help patrol a border fence
would mean the only real cost would be materials. Contracting for those
materials will help provide jobs for private companies providing the materials which
in turn would help spur the economy.
I firmly believe that using our military to build a border
fence like that in use in Yuma is a win win situation for America. I just
wonder why no one else is suggesting this.
http://constitution.com/economically-build-trumps-border-wall/
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