An Unneeded WallAn Unneeded WallAn Unneeded WallToday we must address an issue that is very urgent in our nation today. Today we will debate the building of 700 additional miles of wall across the U.S.-Mexico border. Some say that this is a necessary measure in the fight against the ever growing threat of terrorism in the globalized world we live in today. Some say that illegal aliens will continue to over run our country, stealing jobs from citizens and bringing with them crime and drugs if we do not do something now. Others complain about the pressure to learn another language now spoken by 28.1 million of this nation’s population. I disagree with these opinions and urge you to heed what I and many other are saying about this before too much money is spent on something of little value.
The Senator is a Member of the Senate and the American Legislative Exchange Council. He previously served as the Subcommittee on Immigration and the Nation in the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee and received a B.A. from the University of Illinois and a F.A. from New York University. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Vermont, he currently studies the energy and environmental issues at the International Center for Politics and Politics, founded by former Governor John Kitzhaber and is president and CEO of International Center for Public Policy and Economics.
A former member of both the House and Senate Homeland Security Committees, Mr. Trump has repeatedly stated he will oppose any legislation that will block or even impede the construction of new and existing projects in the United States including: President Barack Obama’s order to “build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border;”
the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines;
legal enforcement, including the Trump Administration’s policy of shutting down the “back door” that would allow foreign corporations to build in the United States. Mr. Trump has also said, without evidence, that he has met with President Vladimir Putin to discuss the issue.
Sen. Cruz added: “By the way, when Sen. Rubio says he will back off on his pledge to be the president of the United States with the Keystone XL pipeline, that’s just the beginning here. I’ve listened to Senator Cruz, and if you need to get involved with this issue, I have a group of the folks in the Senate that have been talking to you on this very issue. Senator Cruz has spent several months on the record saying that this is an unacceptable trade deal, that this is an international treaty, and we’re going to have to get out of this for sure.”
Sen. Rubio also said he would support the construction of an 8,000-megawatt power plant on the Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge, and, if necessary, seek to expand it. When asked about Mr. Trump’s plan on immigration, Rubio wrote that Mr. Trump supports the concept of “anchoring out” such a project and would use the work to advance the national interest on social, environmental, and economic issues.
The following statement was issued by the Senator’s office on Friday, April 31, 2017:
In an interview by ABC News, Sen. Cruz has responded to reports that the President-elect Donald Trump is opposed to an extended and comprehensive buildout of U.S.-Mexico border walls. Cruz has also defended a plan by the Council of Industrial Organizations to create a temporary border wall on the southern border called the H-1B visa program by saying that Trump’s plan would hurt U.S.-Mexico relationships.
The Senator is a Member of the Senate and the American Legislative Exchange Council. He previously served as the Subcommittee on Immigration and the Nation in the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee and received a B.A. from the University of Illinois and a F.A. from New York University. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Vermont, he currently studies the energy and environmental issues at the International Center for Politics and Politics, founded by former Governor John Kitzhaber and is president and CEO of International Center for Public Policy and Economics.
A former member of both the House and Senate Homeland Security Committees, Mr. Trump has repeatedly stated he will oppose any legislation that will block or even impede the construction of new and existing projects in the United States including: President Barack Obama’s order to “build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border;”
the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines;
legal enforcement, including the Trump Administration’s policy of shutting down the “back door” that would allow foreign corporations to build in the United States. Mr. Trump has also said, without evidence, that he has met with President Vladimir Putin to discuss the issue.
Sen. Cruz added: “By the way, when Sen. Rubio says he will back off on his pledge to be the president of the United States with the Keystone XL pipeline, that’s just the beginning here. I’ve listened to Senator Cruz, and if you need to get involved with this issue, I have a group of the folks in the Senate that have been talking to you on this very issue. Senator Cruz has spent several months on the record saying that this is an unacceptable trade deal, that this is an international treaty, and we’re going to have to get out of this for sure.”
Sen. Rubio also said he would support the construction of an 8,000-megawatt power plant on the Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge, and, if necessary, seek to expand it. When asked about Mr. Trump’s plan on immigration, Rubio wrote that Mr. Trump supports the concept of “anchoring out” such a project and would use the work to advance the national interest on social, environmental, and economic issues.
The following statement was issued by the Senator’s office on Friday, April 31, 2017:
In an interview by ABC News, Sen. Cruz has responded to reports that the President-elect Donald Trump is opposed to an extended and comprehensive buildout of U.S.-Mexico border walls. Cruz has also defended a plan by the Council of Industrial Organizations to create a temporary border wall on the southern border called the H-1B visa program by saying that Trump’s plan would hurt U.S.-Mexico relationships.
The Senator is a Member of the Senate and the American Legislative Exchange Council. He previously served as the Subcommittee on Immigration and the Nation in the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee and received a B.A. from the University of Illinois and a F.A. from New York University. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Vermont, he currently studies the energy and environmental issues at the International Center for Politics and Politics, founded by former Governor John Kitzhaber and is president and CEO of International Center for Public Policy and Economics.
A former member of both the House and Senate Homeland Security Committees, Mr. Trump has repeatedly stated he will oppose any legislation that will block or even impede the construction of new and existing projects in the United States including: President Barack Obama’s order to “build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border;”
the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines;
legal enforcement, including the Trump Administration’s policy of shutting down the “back door” that would allow foreign corporations to build in the United States. Mr. Trump has also said, without evidence, that he has met with President Vladimir Putin to discuss the issue.
Sen. Cruz added: “By the way, when Sen. Rubio says he will back off on his pledge to be the president of the United States with the Keystone XL pipeline, that’s just the beginning here. I’ve listened to Senator Cruz, and if you need to get involved with this issue, I have a group of the folks in the Senate that have been talking to you on this very issue. Senator Cruz has spent several months on the record saying that this is an unacceptable trade deal, that this is an international treaty, and we’re going to have to get out of this for sure.”
Sen. Rubio also said he would support the construction of an 8,000-megawatt power plant on the Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge, and, if necessary, seek to expand it. When asked about Mr. Trump’s plan on immigration, Rubio wrote that Mr. Trump supports the concept of “anchoring out” such a project and would use the work to advance the national interest on social, environmental, and economic issues.
The following statement was issued by the Senator’s office on Friday, April 31, 2017:
In an interview by ABC News, Sen. Cruz has responded to reports that the President-elect Donald Trump is opposed to an extended and comprehensive buildout of U.S.-Mexico border walls. Cruz has also defended a plan by the Council of Industrial Organizations to create a temporary border wall on the southern border called the H-1B visa program by saying that Trump’s plan would hurt U.S.-Mexico relationships.
First of all, terrorists do not come through the Mexican border. It seems unlikely that a terrorist would attempt to enter the country this way, increasing the chance of being caught and suspected of something by a border patrol agent before they even neared their targets. Terrorists have never come through our southern border before and realistically, in the off-chance that a terrorist wanted to come in that way, a wall would not stop them .We know this because of the level of organization that most terrorist plots have before execution. Terrorist groups have many resources at their disposal, surely they have something with which they can get around a wall.
The wall would be three layers thick at many places but still this will not stop the flow of immigrants into the United States. One critic of the wall says
“First, as any border patrol agent will tell you, theres no fence that can keep out someone who is desperate to feed his family and whos willing to go around, go over, or go under.”
This critic, Ruben Navarrette Jr., who wrote an article for CNN.com went on to explain this might even worsen immigration problems.“ …weve built fences before, and it only resulted in more illegal immigration. It used to be that one member of a family would go north — a father, son or brother — and