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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realize that migrants can legally claim asylum the minute they touch U.S. soil.  Which begs the question, why isn't there something - a BARRIER, perhaps?? - to prevent them from touching U.S. soil in the first place?  They should have to wait on the Mexico side, not the U.S. side, where they're simply released into our country after a cursory interview.  Absurd.[/quote]

Because it's virtually impossible to build said barrier directly ON the border.  They cross into US territory before they even reach the barrier.  Sorry but that is how it works.[/quote]

How does Israel get to have barriers that are Effective?

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Why don't you ask them?[/quote]

The U.S. is not Israel, obviously.

The reason we can't have a barrier on the Texas border is because the Rio Grande River is the border. We have a treaty from about 1970 that prevents either country from building any obstruction in the flood plain of the Rio Grande because, duh, that would cause massive flooding on the other side and create all sorts of environmental havoc on both sides. So even if Trump gets his wall, it has to be on the levee, leaving a stranded area of U.S. soil between the river and the levee wall. People who cross the river will already be in the USA when they present themselves at the wall to request asylum. [/quote]

DP.  Correct, which is exactly why Mexico needs to build some sort of barrier BEFORE the Rio Grande, so there is no way for them to reach our soil.  I suggested this a few pages back.  Mexico needs to step up and take responsibility.[/quote]

That’s an even dumber idea than Trump’s wall. Mexico doesn’t need or want a wall. [/quote]

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