Trump's Wall

President Trump has made it very clear this past election that if he won the nomination construction of the  1,900 mile wall would be established on the U.S./Mexico border. Trump should not be criticized by the attention he gives to the wall because almost 4% of our current population is flooded with illegal immigrants, mostly coming from Mexico. Trump has also claimed that “Mexico will pay for the wall”, a check that could be as high a 38 billion dollars, Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto has said otherwise. The problem with the wall is there's too many obstacles that can be crossed to entering the U.S.

One problem is many legal Mexican visa holders overstay their visits “DHS estimates that of the 45 million immigrants who entered the U.S. by air or by sea on tourist or business visas that expired in 2015, roughly 416,500 were still living in the country in 2016.” There's no way that Homeland Security has the time, money, or resources to deport these immigrants. The U.S. workforce employees over 8 million illegals accounting for many unemployed citizens.

Not only will current illegals stay in America but there's ways around the wall. Drug cartels are known to manipulate and trick custom workers. A wall would have no beneficial effect on illegal drugs entering the U.S.