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Originally Posted by Pete F.

The NBPC disagrees with wasting taxpayer money on building fences and walls along the border as a means of curtailing illegal entries into the United States. However, as long as we continue to operate under the current NBPS and ignore the problem that is causing illegal immigration, we realize fences and walls are essential.

Walls and fences are temporary solutions that focus on the symptom (illegal immigration) rather than the problem (employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens).

I don't know the numbers, but a whole lot of illegals create their own communities and jobs. And they are magnets as places for more to come and find a place to settle. I suspect that the "problem" is more than employers hiring illegals. But, as the NBPC said, for the time being we have to focus on and treat the "symptoms" and build fences and walls which are essential.

Walls and fences are only a speed bump.

Speed bumps work, even though they only treat the symptoms.

People who want to come to the United States to obtain employment will continue to go over, under, and around the walls and fences that are constructed.

So are those women and children, who supposedly comprise the majority of illegal immigrants, coming here for employment?

Walls and fences will undoubtedly result in an increase in fraudulent documents and smuggling through the Ports of Entry.

That's only because walls between Ports would stop them.

Walls and fences do not solve the issue of people entering the country legally and staying beyond the date they are required to leave the country, a problem which will undoubtedly increase as more walls and fences are constructed.

The legal problem would increase because the illegal problem would be lessened. So should we, as I sarcastically said in my reply to your original posting of this article "better not solve the issue of people entering illegally because it will increase the problem of them coming legally."

The NBPC position regarding walls and fences is not due to a concern of losing our jobs if fences and walls are built. On the contrary, the NBPC realizes that walls and fences require just as much manpower to protect them. Border Patrol Agents witness what happens to walls and fences when there are not enough Border Patrol agents to protect them.

I believe the question was wall a barrier help yes or no
The BPs position prior to the election of a Trump ally as head was manpower was the #1 deterrent. A wall without manpower becomes holes with wall between them.

Yup, walls and more agents are PART of the essential solution.

We have barriers at all populated areas, so a better question would be to pick 2 out of 3 for unpopulated areas
Manpower
Barrier
Electronic devices
That would be a far more interesting question than do you think walls help.

I think Trump would agree, except I think he'd probably be in favor of picking all unpopulated areas that don't have natural barriers. And for those areas that have no natural impediment, he would use the word "walls" instead of "barriers."