Trump promised Mexico would pay for it .If he wins with the popular vote in 2020 saying the tax payers will pay for it than Id support it
This is my point: Crossing the border is not the way "the large majority of persons now become undocumented," the Center for Migration Studies(CMS) said in a recent report. Two-thirds of those who joined the undocumented population did so by entering with a valid visa and then overstaying their period of admission, the center repored. Overstays have exceeded those entering illegally every year since 2007, and there have been half a million more overstays than illegal entries since 2007. So why spend $5 billion addressing the smaller part of the issue when you can spend $1 to $2 billion and not only improve infrastructure along the wall but beef up the Immigration departments to better keep tabs on people once they are here legally. the Wall is a red herring just for Trump to get people riled up and rabid and overlook the $5 billion dollar cost that does not solve the bigger problem. Why can't the GOP stand up and say that $5 billion is against the budget policies they are trying to implement and President had no right to promise something he had no control over giving (congress sets the budget). Also since the chant was Mexico will payfor it, it was a lie and why should I pay for it because many of you believed the bullshit. Like I have said, $1.5 billion annually should be more than enough to deal with the larger problems while beefing up ingrastructure at the California, Arizona and Texas border crossing points.
The Senate advanced the bill with wall Funding. Which is a step forward in the process. It was noted in the article there are arcane way this bill could pass without 60 votes and without the nuclear option. If the Republicans learned anything for the house wipeout... perhaps they will get this done. I am not predicting anything here. Just posting for info. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/21/senate-advances-house-spending-bill-with-wall-funding/
Trump should hold out for the entire wall. These beltway types miss the point. We know the govt workers get paid anyway. We know the longer this goes on the more we realize we don't need that much govt. We were great with the sequester. We are fine with their version of a shutdown. Trump can say no forever... if he says yes he loses and we lose. These beltway types stand a good chance to lose big time the longer this shutdown goes on. In 2020 they will be replaced if they don't get this done with a wall.