A 20 Billion Wall: Annotated Bibliography

There are many pros and cons to the wall on the border of the U.S. and Mexico. The main reason why Trump was doing this was to stop illegal drugs from crossing the border into America. He is hoping that it will stop and America would be great again because we won thave that many illegal drugs and that there wouldn´t be that many terrorist attacks going on like the boston marathon or anything worse than that.

All through America's history it always had a presidential election every four years, and last years presidential election campaign there were two leading candidates, so to ensure their victory, they both made promises significant changes, creation. All through last year's campaign, a candidate named Donald J. Trump made several promises, and one of his promises could change the way of life in American. Mr.Trump won last years presidential election, and all eyes were on him to the promise vowed to do if and when he is president. That one promise which is opposed by six in ten Americans is that President Trump promised a 'big, beautiful wall' that would be placed on the Mexican and American border. President Trump Proposed that he could construct the wall for 8 billion, but now it is known that wall will cost about $21.6 billion for the wall and that the $21.6 plan doesn't include the $150 million a year to maintain. America shouldn’t Build a Wall along the US/Mexico Border because of the high cost and how it will affect America's economy, also thought the wall would keep out undocumented immigrant from crossing the US border but it is shown that undocumented immigrants contribute over $11 billion to the US economy each year, and lastly the environment that is near the border, and how it will be affected and disturbed due to the construction the border wall.

The author also uses firsthand stories from people to show the ineffectiveness of the wall. One specific story the author mentions is of a man on the Mexican side who lives close to the wall and jumps it regularly just to go to a bar and then comes back the same night. I think this story is already proving that the wall is ineffective and with time it will become more ineffective. With the ineffectiveness increasing so is the support. One man interviewed said “When they first built it, it was not a bad idea—cars were crossing illegally from Mexico and the Border Patrol would chase them. But it’s so ugly.”

Many say that the border wall is a bad idea, but others say it has some benefits. President Trump said in his campaign that he wanted “a great, great wall.” This was to ensure that anyone with no papers doesn’t take the jobs that “Americans” need. Since there are 2 sides of this problem they should both be addressed.

Donald Trump wants to build a wall. Donald Trump wants to build a wall for a few, invalid reasons, and yet he is the frontrunner in the race for Republican presidential nominee. Everyday, more people begin to support the idea of building a border between the United States and Mexico. Supporters offer a few reasons - safety, the economy, legality - but few supporters look deeper than Trump’s explanations. Supporters of a wall are surprisingly ignorant about their own causes, as well as the opposition to their cause. Becoming educated about the topic of a border wall would show the supporters that a border wall would actually be ineffective and unnecessary because the wall would fail to stop over half the illegal immigrants that enter the United States, the concept of a border wall is against what the United States stands for, and the border wall would be a costly venture that

In the article “Trump outlines immigration specifics,” Jeremy Diamond and Sara Murray analyze Republican candidate Donald Trump’s latest immigration policy proposal and demonstrate how his unrealistic plan could cause more harm than good. For many years now, the topic of immigration has always been a problematic one and with reason. One side argues that immigrants are taking American jobs, while the other side maintains that immigrants are actually helping the US economy. While both sides rarely see eye to eye on multiple issues, one thing that they can both agree on is that the current US immigration system is, indeed, broken. Because of this issue, Trump has proposed an immigration plan that would require the US to build a wall along the

During an off-the-record interview with reporters onboard Air Force One, President Trump disclosed more details about his border wall plan. He states, “It’s a 2,000 mile border, but you don’t need 2,000 miles of wall because you have a lot of natural barriers. But you’ll need anywhere from 700 to 900 miles” (Trump). Here he is explaining that a physical wall will not be necessary throughout the entire length of the United States-Mexico border as there are natural landmarks such as lakes, rivers, and mountains that serve as a partition between the two countries. President Trump also mentions the possibility of the wall to include solar panels to provide renewable energy in addition to protecting United States’ southern border. Additionally, he elaborates with more detail on the physical appearance of the wall describing it as “a steel wall with openings.” (Trump). Donald Trump emphasizes transparency of the wall to ensure the safety of those in its vicinity. Finally, Trump concludes the interview portion about the wall by explaining that his proposal has technically already

When president Donald Trump declare on his agenda that he will build the wall, he seems to forgot about many factors. It’s not just who’s going to pay for it but how it will affect the United States. However, there are millions of people who lives in both side of the wall. If the wall was build, the business will comes and the property owner will start to see ‘their land’ bisected by the wall. Indeed, the Mexican government saw this problem and they has published studies on its impact. The border wall is going to threaten the diversity of two communities along the 1,989 miles. Moreover, building the huge and large wall wasn’t easy because its need a lot of money to make it happen. The

Jason Hensley Dr. Webb Writing 010 1 February 2017 The Mexican Border Wall: Expensive and Dangerous On January 20th, 2017, history was made in the United States of America. The 45th president of the U.S., Donald Trump, was officially sworn in to office. Not a full week later, Trump is issuing an executive order to construct a controversial Mexican Border Wall that he vehemently emphasized during his campaign.

"Donald Trump Says He'd Build a Wall along the Mexican Border. We Tried to Figure out How. "Http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/17/politics/donald-trump-mexico-wall/. Cable News Network, 17 Feb. 2016. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.

In previous years, many countries and territories around the world have attempted to build walls, and many have had very much success. For example, Most of the walls built after World War 2 and the Cold War still exist today. There were a total of 110 walls built between that time period. Professor Nazli Avdan led a study that had a goal of identifying if a border wall reduced or increased the risk of a transnational terrorist attack. This study found that since the year 1900, transnational terrorist attacks have seen a thirteen percent annual decrease in countries with border walls (Border fences reduce...attacks). This has been a real focal point that President Donald Trump has used to get people to agree with him. Another reason of his includes the disrupting of the funneling of illicit money and drugs into the United States of America (Border fences reduce...attacks). The bonus of the building of the wall is that it will be a visible sign of the government taking action.

He says this wall will cost in total of eight million dollars, and that Mexico will pay for it. The wall will span one thousand miles and be made of concrete slabs that will go up to forty feet high. Trump says this wall will look good, and be what a wall should really look like (Kessler). The wall that we already have on the border costed 2.4 billion, and only covers about one third of the border which is only about 670 miles (Kessler). So Trump wants to build a better wall, which has no grantee that it will work.

Let me tell you the story about how Donald J. Trump built a great wall. His life began with silver spoon in hand. He began to build an empire of a thousand kings. Living in his golden tower, he married a beautiful woman from a distant land. Together they began the Trump Dynasty, which was celebrated by his subjects. At last, they had a leader that they could believe in. But wanting to keep his land great he built a mighty wall. It was a thousand feet tall and wider than ego. It was built with an army of immigrants who were immediately imprisoned after the wall was built.

It can be found at http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/28/donald-trump-mexico-going-to-pay-for-wall.html. This article is short, but explains the happenings of a debate in which Donald Trump aired his views on Mexicans and the need for the wall to divide the US from Mexico. Trump has the ideology that he is not racist but his actions speak louder than is words in this

RESPONSE: In the article it says” Trump promises to build a wall along the U.S-Mexico border to stop illegal immigration and that he’ll make Mexico foot the bill.” In my mind this isn’t achievable for Trump. The immigration problem goes one way and that’s for Mexicans illegally coming into the U.S. There has not been an outcry from the Mexican government or population of Mexico about Americans illegally going into their country. So they would have no reason to pay for a wall to protect their border as