Mexican Border Wall Research Paper

The Unnecessary Construction Nightmare: The Mexican Border Wall For centuries, heavily secured border walls have been symbols of division between countries or other political entities who are not in good standing. Donald Trumps preposterous ploy to get elected would further divide two neighboring countries, and create the most secure and militarized border between two countries who are at peace in the entire world. His proposal of a wall is not only a logistical nightmare to even attempt to construct, but has also been proven to do little to nothing against illegal immigration. After spending a over a year encouraging crowds that the wall will be built, it seemed as if he would deliver on this promise, however, after 100 days in office, …show more content…
Navarrette also brings up an important argument on funding “how are we going to get Mexico to pay for the wall? There’s no way that they will front billions of dollars for a project that solely discriminates against their people and has no positive effects for them.” The fact that Trump believes that he could somehow get Mexico to pay for the wall is ludicrous. They have their own problems to worry about, and paying for the wall is definitely not one of them. Just the construction of the wall alone will be an incredibly difficult task. “finding materials, people to construct the wall, and everything in between will be quite the task.” according to Kate Drew of CNBC. For the sake of argument, assuming all the materials could be easily sourced and purchased, (hint: they can’t, not on this scale) the task of actually transporting them to the site of the wall is a nightmare within itself. Most areas where the wall would be constructed are vast, unmodernized deserts, without paved roads. This leads to even higher costs, as roads would have to be paved just to deliver the