Guy Chamberlin
Active member
I have mixed feelings about whether a physical wall is the most practical way to secure the border. But there’s no question in my mind that we need to. And I see no credible proposals being advanced by Democrats to take illegal immigration seriously.
Before Donald Trump, Barack Obama was known in the Hispanic community as "the deporter-in-chief" because of what was then perceived as his aggressive immigration policies.
Studies have shown that Mexican and Central American immigration is significantly lower than it was a decade ago, that illegal immigrants are putting more into the American economy than they are taking out, and that relatively few voters or policy makers have considered it a pressing issue prior to the recent election.
A 2,000 mile border wall, the new layer of government oversight and spending, are the heated rhetoric are the exact opposite of what we need. So I think the Democrat alternative is about the right amount of serious.