Why Is Trump's Wall A Bad Thing?

[Benton]

(02-01-2019, 03:41 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Tanking economies didn't seem to slow illegals from entering in the 80's & 90's (in fact, they increased). So using history as my reference, your excuse doesn't seem as relevant as you would like for it to be.

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=72&pr.y=11&sy=1980&ey=2023&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=273&s=NGDP,PPPGDP,PPPPC,PCPIPCH,LUR,GGXWDG_NGDP&grp=0&a=

Their GDP grew as did their economy (mostly) through the 80s and 90s. As jobs migrated south, illegal (and legal) immigration has slowed proportionally. The late 90s/early 00s when our manufacturing moved there, look at the GDP. It moves from (in the billions) 816 in 90 to 6,600 in 00 to 13,000 in 2010. It's estimated to be 31,000 in 2023. 

That correlates pretty well with 


Their economy in the 80s and most of the 90s sucked. They came here. Their economy started getting better int he 2000s, their immigration peaked and then dropped off. As their economy improves (and ours worsens), that number will continue to go down.

It's not a wall. It's never been a wall. Just as a locked door doesn't stop someone from breaking into your house, a wall won't stop illegal entry into the US (most of which is through legal visas anyway).