Reply #66: so logically, instead of addressing the problem

[northzax]

it makes sense to build a rabbit fence along the border? I have news for you, my friend, no fence ever built has withstood the migration of people seeking a better life. Ever. And the construction of a wall or fence is usually the last gasp of a failing power trying to withstand change.

Let's look at some of the more famous border walls, shall we?

Hadrian's Wall: within ten years, the Romans had fled the region, and the empire never recovered.
Great Wall of China (the only one the same length as the Border Fence): took 1900 years to complete. At its apex, it was intended to keep the Mongols out. And then Kublai Khan used it to keep the OTHER Mongols out.
Maginot Line: well, we all know what happened there.
Berlin Wall: the wall to end all walls. Built to divide a city, despite guard towers, search lights, land mines, dogs and orders to shoot on sight, people still got through.

oops.

in a fluid world, static defenses are futile. Deal with the issues at hand, but building a futile symbol of a wall is a waste of time and money, for everyone. you want to stop the flow of humanity? change the reasons behind that movement. do you think people want to leave their families, homes and everything they know to move to a country where they will be abused, taken advantage of and generally treated like shit? seems unlikely, doesn't it? but as long as people need to eat, they will go to where the food is. No fence will stop them.