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This. My dad lived in Brownsville for years. We talked about the logistics last night. He mentioned in many places the wall cuts farmland leaving a lot of farmland in US territory on the Mexico side of the wall. The solution, holes in the wall where access roads exist so farmers can move equipment around and do their job.

Holes. Not gates. Just gaps with a road in the middle. No guards. Nothing. fricking government at its finest.

The idea of a wall sounds good except when you look at the reality of the local situation. People on both sides travel back and forth everyday as part their everyday lives. Hell my dad went across everyday to go to his job in Mexico.

Rather than sinking money into a wall, a nice start would be actually enforcing our existing laws first. Mexican immigration laws are much more strictly enforced than our own. If my dad forgot his work papers, the guards he was on a first name basis with at the plant he ran would not allow him on property because the fine if caught was significant. Something in the neighborhood of 50,000 USD per offense.

Enforce the laws we actually have. Provide a deterrent to employers hiring illegally. Try these first before spending a fortune on something that would only be a detriment to the local economy.