Deconstructing the Idea of the Trump Wall
By
Joshua Morales
English II-4A
The Science Academy of South Texas
May 12, 2017
Morales2
Deconstructing the Idea of the Trump Wall
Thesis Statement: The wall that Trump wants to create will be detrimental to the environment, cost a lot of money & resources, and may not be effective against the immigration problem.
I. Introduction A. Intention to build wall B. Current fence 1. Needs to be updated 2. Can put up more fencing C. Thesis Statement II. Cost of the Wall and Resources
A. Cost
1. Trump estimated $8-12 billion
2. Others estimate $27-40 billion B. Materials 1. Lots of Concrete 2. Lots of Men needed to patrol
There currently is a fence set up between some parts of the border, but some parts are outdated (Aguilera1). There is a about 1,900 miles of land on the border, but for a border wall to be built, there would need to be around 1000 miles of wall, the rest of the border being natural barriers (Aguilera2). Because of these natural barriers, no parts of a wall will have to be built on terrain, “such as the widest parts of the Rio Grande River, or steep, rugged mountain ranges.” (Bird1). Trump’s purpose is to keep out illegal immigrants, however the wall that he wants to create will be detrimental to the environment, cost a lot of money & resources, and may not be effective against the immigration problem.
One of the major issues with the wall will be the amount of money it will cost and how it will be paid. Current estimates for the price of the wall widely vary. For example, “Trump estimates that the wall can be built for … $8 billion to $12 billion” (“Here’s What We…7”). Congressional Republicans expect it would cost from $12 to $15 billion; however, a study from the MIT Technology Review estimates it would cost from $27 to $40 billion (“Here’s What
Having these gasses unnecessarily released cause environmental problems that could have been avoided.
The Rio Grande River makes a natural barrier between Mexico and Texas. There are currently old policies or prohibitions that “bans any barriers from blocking the flow of rivers.” (Aguilera 2). Diplomacy is needed for the two countries to cooperate and share the river in a fair way. “’The means of physically marking the maritime boundaries and the division of work for construction and maintenance of the markers’…will be determined when ‘the two Governments’ are in full agreement, pending approval from the International Boundary and Water Compromise.” (“Up Against the…”5)
If we were to place some of the wall into the Rio Grande River, rain flow will be disrupted by the wall and would cause blockage and flooding to the area. The wall would also cause difficulties for animals such as jaguars, ocelots. All jaguars in the U.S are thought to have traveled from Mexico, and “any wall along the border of Mexico would have to pass through jaguar critical habitats – 785,207 acres… that contain features essential to the conservation of the jaguar” (Bird2). Another species that would greatly suffer from the wall is the Mexican gray wolf. With a U.S population count of “113 and... about three dozen south of the border... The wall would cut off these populations from each other, making recovery less likely because [they]... may
The Great Tuna Boat Chase and Massacre Case has Ecuador claiming that the United States is in violation of its 200-mile territorial sea. From it’s inception, Ecuador had accepted the customary three mile limit as the demarcation of its territorial waters. However, after 130 years, Juan Valdez achieved power in 1952. Under his regime, he proclaimed that the three mile boundary was never meant to be considered a fixed and unalterable boundary, and that historical practices as well as the natural features of the area justified a 200-mile territorial sea. Each Ecuadorian president since Valdez claimed this as well.
In President James Polk’s War Message to Congress, he states that the Congress of Texas had declared the Rio Grande to be the official boundary between Mexico and Texas. James Polk said, “Sixty-three men and officers, were. dispatched from the American camp up the Rio del Norte, on its [North] bank, to ascertain whether the Mexican troops had crossed, or were preparing to cross, the river. [They] became engaged with a large body of these [Mexican] troops, and, after a short affair, in which some sixteen [Americans] were killed and wounded, appear to have been surrounded and compelled to surrender.” The invasion was almost like a ticket to declare war against Mexico for James Polk.
My first reason why it was not worth the costs is the wall actually did not keep people out. It was not very protective. The wall affected so many things. It affected life styles, people's daily routine. It also affected families.
The border wall debate has become one of the most significant talking points in the United States and countries around the world. Many people believe that the wall is unnecessary and many think that it is necessary. Building a border wall may cost billions of dollars, but it might be able to save the country money as well. Some positive impacts of a border wall are for example a decline in apprehension rates, creating a safer America and putting a damper on the flow of illegal drugs. As well as the positive impacts, we will look at the negative implications as well. Some of these are that the symbolism, cost, effect of diversity, environmental impact and the higher death impact.
Donald Trump, to portray a parallel, had his heart set on building a wall along the border of the United States and Mexico in order to eliminate the issue of illegal immigration. Not only was Trump convinced that he would be able to build a wall, Trump believed that he could force Mexico into financing the colossal project. Although Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto asserted that Mexico would not handle the fees, Trump considered to insist that he would get Mexico to pay for the large scale architectural project. Trump conveyed wooden headedness by simply refusing to acknowledge the fact that Mexico would not help with the payment. Trump came into the entire situation with a overly confident approach, which seems to enhance the degree of wooden headedness.Trump was able to ignore the flaws, or facts, that seemed to hinder the possibility of the success of his plan by approaching the situation in a conceited
The state of Texas faces several issues year round. The state and government agencies pursue to find solutions for these problems. One of the solutions is to finish the border wall to prevent this from happening. Since Texas borders with Mexico one of the main issues it faces is immigration and the trafficking of drugs. The borders along the south side of Texas are an easy pathway to get the immigrants and drugs into the country.
In 2006, “President George Bush passed the Secure Fence Act where every mile of Yuma’s border with Mexico contained a fence or vehicle barrier” (Jeunesse, 2015). While this had a positive impact for Yuma with reducing the amount of illegal immigrant crossing and smuggling. Many challenges for the Hispanic arose as well. Not only is it the hours of waiting to cross the border and death of those that try to jump the fence that don’t make it but, the impact this has made on the separation of families and society in the united states. Now it is harder for immigrants to get transported to get over the border but to get a job itself in the United states. Those that are legal citizens in Yuma county there are several cases of separation of families that still live in Mexico because they are considered illegal immigrants. Traveling to one another has been a lot more complicated than it was years ago. Many will feel isolated from the other cultures of the world because of the
According to the Migration Policy Institute, there are approximately 1,470,000 adult illegal immigrants living in Texas (Source 2) as well as approximately 588,000 children of illegal immigrants making a grand total of 2.06 million illegal immigrants living in Texas. (Source 1) With such a vast amount
“They 're bringing drugs, they 're bringing crime,” He is addressing that all the Mexicans are drug dealers and killers that’s not true. He cannot be stating all the Mexicans because not all of them are drug dealers or killers. “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border and I will make Mexico pay for that wall,” If he wants to make a big wall so any Mexicans can enter and make them pay for it that’s just stupid Trump is the one that wants the one he should be the one paying for something he wants. This wall is not going to stop Mexicans from coming to the U.S; they can still come in a plane of by sea. He says he wants to built a wall, than if he is paying where will he get all that money just to make stupid wall, the U.S has no loose money to give out to put the wall up.
the entire U.S. The Border Patrol is a multi-task law enforcement body that has served Del Rio since July, 1, 1924” (Border Security along Borders, web). The flow of illegal aliens across the Rio Grande River provides a challenge to the Border Patrol agents assigned to the area. The absence of man-made barricades to control the points of entry gives illegal aliens and smugglers of aliens and narcotics the passage of crossing virtually any place along the 210 miles of border with Mexico.
The fence was built directly through backyards and farms taking part of many homes and lands. Many citizens were angry because they thought that they were being “punished” and taken for granted with building the wall near them. Many believed that they were targeted to build it there because they had little money to fight the government. Despite the complains the border has also been a place where criminals sometimes pass illegal weapons and drugs to the United States for business and money.
For example, Trump's administration has proposed that, "To enact the tough new polices, the DHS will hire 10,000 additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents" (Bencasselman 2017). These additional agents will strengthen the southern border along Mexico as well as speed up the deportation process. Furthermore, the hiring of more ICE agents will be followed by the construction of the southern wall; "The estimated average cost of the remaining segments of the border wall ranges from $15 to $25 billion, with each mile of fencing costing $16 million" (Summary of Executive Order 2017). The executive order signed by Trump also directs the DHS to "immediate[ly]...allocate available funds to build a contiguous, physical wall on the U.S.-Mexico border" (Summary of Executive Order 2017). Through securing the southern border, Trump will create more jobs and potentially stabilize the American
One important reason they shouldn’t build trump’s wall is because they’ll eventually run out of resources. According to “https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-trump-mexico-wall/” trump will need a lot of resources because it will be about 2,000 miles long. They'll need to pay other countries so they can get more resources for the wall. They will also waste money, for the tools that they'll need to build with.
"As Growth Stalls, Unauthorized Immigrant Population Becomes More Settled." Pew Research Centers Hispanic Trends Project RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2014.
Senate leader Mitch McConnell said Congress will follow through on Trump's border wall order, and McConnell cited a range of $12 billion to $15 billion to add to Americas current 19 trillion in debt… A shocking set of figures. This isn’t counting for wall maintenance and the cost to hire surveillance for it either with CBNC stating “The U.S. government would have to pay to maintain the wall, which could cost as much as $750 million a year, according to an analysis conducted by Politico. And then if it wanted to man it with personnel that would be an additional cost — border patrol has an operating budget of $1.4 billion for 21,000 agents.” Just looking at the way this wall would actually affect immigration it can actually be seen that the number of immigrants would increase. Why might that be? Putting it simply, they all live in America temporarily for work with homes back in Mexico and right now it’s very easy to come and go… If the wall is put in and they want to go back to Mexico they then can’t come back into America the same way. So in this way more immigrants choose to stay and live better lives in America over going back home and becoming trapped. Without even going on into the details of the difficulties in actually building it and getting Mexico to pay, the sheer stupidity and lack of thought put into this wall project is clearly