Creepy Condescending Wonka

What about Africans who are legally applying to enter the United States who are displaced and delayed by illegal Mexicans cutting in line? It's happening.

First of all, thank you very much for your comment.

Bottom line? The wall simply wont work. Neither did the "Great" Wall of China!

In addition, a quote a 2017 article from The Reason sums up the current motivation quite nicely:

"President Trump's wall would be a mammoth expenditure that would have little impact on illegal immigration. But perhaps that's not the point. The campaign's goal was to plant an image in voters' minds of what making America great again would look like. The president's goal may now be to create a symbol, an illustration of a nationalism that says to the world that although people of all kinds may want to come here, America was created by and for Americans."

Many more reasons are cited here:

https://reason.com/archives/2017/03/31/why-the-wall-wont-work

As for massive expenditure, what Trump is asking for is in $5.7 billion is 1/4 th the budget for the total wall. To put it in clearer perspective $5.7 billion divided by 326 million citizens is less than $17.50 per citizen-- times 4 the wall will cost about $70 per citizen. 90% of the heroin that enters our country comes from the southern border, heroin being responsible for 300 deaths a week in the US. Is any number of people killed by that alone worth $70 a person? 4,000 murders in the Us by illegal aliens in the past 2 years. Is it worth $70 a person to reduce that number by any percentage, be it large or small? This isn't a debate based on fact, it's inspired by political motivations, primarily the power that comes from having a free flow of cheap labor (the savings in Social Security Medicare match, and other perks leans in favor of illegal aliens over citizens) Both parties are guilty- but Trump to his credit is facing the problem straight on with the first of many actions to get to the final solutions. Thanks for your thoughts and info as well.