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BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:23 AM Oct 2018

The tRump wall won't stop the tunnels.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-border-tunnel-20181009-story.html

Mexican officials discovered a sophisticated cross-border tunnel that began in a home in the town of Jacume less than a football field away from the U.S. border. Sophisticated tunnels take a lot of time and money to make,” Michael said, and they’re not uncommon in the area. “When we find them, they’re a pretty big deal.”

A rail system ran the entire length of the tunnel, and a solar panel system powered lighting and ventilation, according to the Border Patrol. It also had systems to pump out water. The shaft at the tunnel’s entry was about 31 feet deep. The unfinished exit shaft went up about 15 feet but did not break the surface. The tunnel averaged about 3 feet tall and 2½ feet wide, and was 627 feet long.
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The tRump wall won't stop the tunnels. (Original Post) BigmanPigman Oct 2018 OP
american busunesses want cheap, illegal labor rampartc Oct 2018 #1
Thinking a wall will secure a border is insane. Over, under, around or through. Very simple. Midnight Writer Oct 2018 #2
Not to mention the vast majority of undocumented workers here are people who didn't renew their visa bearsfootball516 Oct 2018 #3

rampartc

(5,407 posts)
1. american busunesses want cheap, illegal labor
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:49 AM
Oct 2018

there is no down side to hiring undocimented workers. the idea is to keep the undocumented employees terrorized so that they are afraid to ask for a raise or complain about working conditions.

the "conservative" immigration frenzy is mostly just rhetoric for their unemployable base. the wall is symbolic, and certainly trump does not expect it to actually keep anyone out.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
3. Not to mention the vast majority of undocumented workers here are people who didn't renew their visa
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 08:00 AM
Oct 2018

A wall isn't going to do anything to stop that.

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