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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][quote=Anonymous]Democrats don't support anything to stop illegal immigration, because they want more of it. They should just be more open about it. They want to change the demographics of this country. [/quote][/quote]

There is no "illegal" immigration in the south side of America that can be stopped by a wall. Crossing the border without permission and then asking for asylum is a form of Legal immigration.[/quote]

So, the ones who cross the border illegally and disappear into the shadows are what?  Uninvited guests?  
Amazing that the areas in which strong border barriers have been constructed illegal entry has dropped to almost nothing......Why do you suppose that is?[/quote]
Where in the US is this amazing place where border walls have dropped illegal entry into almost nothing?[/quote]

Here is one area.

[quote]For years, Yuma sector was besieged by chaos as a nearly unending flood of migrants and drugs poured across our border. Even as agents were arresting on average 800 illegal aliens a day, we were still unable to stop the thousands of trucks filled with drugs and humans that quickly crossed a vanishing point and dispersed into communities all across the country.

It is hard for anyone familiar with Yuma sector today to imagine this scene. That’s because nearly a decade ago, a group of bipartisan lawmakers came together to protect the homeland, save innocent lives, and build a physical barrier across the border.

The bipartisan Secure Fence Act of 2006 — supported by then-Sens. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and others — mandated the construction of hundreds of additional miles of secure fencing and infrastructure investments. Yuma sector was one of the first areas to receive infrastructure investments.

[b]We built new infrastructure along the border east and west of the San Luis Arizona Port of Entry in 2006. The existing fence was quickly lengthened, and we added second and third layers to that fencing in urban areas. Lighting, roads and increased surveillance were added to aid agents patrolling the border.[/b]

Although there is still work to do, the border in Yuma sector today is more secure because of this investment. Even under lax enforcement standards, [b]apprehensions in fiscal year 2016 were roughly a 10th of what they were in FY 2005 — and are on track to be even lower this year. Crime has significantly decreased in the Yuma area, and smugglers now look for other less difficult areas of the border to cross — often areas without fencing.[/b][/quote]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/22/homeland-security-secretary-border-walls-work-yuma-sector-proves-it-elaine-duke-column/586853001/[/quote]

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