Why Trump’s Wall is a Must - And why a "virtual fence" will stop no one
Article publisher:
FrontPage Mag
Article date:
28 December 2018
Article category:
National News
High
Article Body:
President Trump has demonstrated, once again, that he is a man of his word, opting to shut down the government rather than accede to the globalist Democrats who refuse to provide funding for the wall to be erected to help secure the dangerous and porous U.S./Mexican border.
Schumer, Pelosi and others, mostly Democrats, have opposed a wall and called for drones and other elements of a “virtual fence” along the southern border insisting that a wall would be too expensive and not needed....
The cost of a secure border wall should be considered an investment in national security, public safety and the livelihoods of American workers. This is one investment that would not only pay for itself and, indeed pay dividends, but save many, many innocent lives.
For years, drones--also known as UAV’s (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)--have been deployed along that border at great expense and with little or nothing to show for the costly effort.
The deployment of the U.S. military’s Predator UAV’s to support the Border Patrol’s efforts to secure our borders provided many Americans with a sense of security. After all, the military relies on those drones and we all know the U.S. military’s prowess at achieving national security goals and objectives.
In reality, for the most part, that sense of security provided by the drones has been false security. False security is worse than no security....
Drones can spot illegal aliens and contraband only after our borders have been violated. This is true for all of the technological devices that are deployed along the border.
Furthermore, unmanned drones cannot make arrests....
Politicians like Schumer and Pelosi know damned well that the great majority of Americans, including their supposed constituents want our borders secured against the illegal entry of aliens, particularly the criminals and terrorists among them. The politicians know that the voters want to keep drugs out of their communities. However, the politicians also know that the majority of the special interest groups, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce want our borders left open so that cheap and exploitable workers can flood into the United States.
Politicians know that they need those campaign contributions from those special interest groups if they are to win their next elections, so they are compelled to meet the demands of their de-facto employers, those who write those big, fat political campaign checks....
... politicians have become adept at creating illusions that they are eager to secure our borders and demonstrate this by voting for expensive measures and programs that are largely worthless...