During his presidential campaign one of the/ main points of the current president Donald Trump to “Make America Great Again” was his promise about implementing tougher immigration policies against illegal immigrant, and possible future immigrants. Moreover, the most controversial step to fulfill his word is the building of a border wall in the infamous Mexican-American borders. The idea of building a wall in one of the largest borders in the world was praised by the followers of the then-presidential-candidate, and repudiated by those who were not sympathetic to him. Nonetheless, regardless how people has received the notion of a possible barrier between the two countries, Mexico and the United States, is a wall resolve the immigration problem that the republic is facing? If it is built, will stop the flux of illegal immigrant? And more important is the economic burden worth it? …show more content…
However, the illegal immigration problem does not lie in the incoming immigrants, the problem lies with the people who are currently residing illegally in the nation. For instance, the article “Why President Trump’s Border Wall Is An Example of Bad Leadership” by the forbes.com contributor Adam Hartung, mentions that “In 2014, over 66% of all illegal immigrants had been in the U.S. for 10 years or more. Only 14% have been in the U.S. for 5 years or less.” Then, people coming to the United States is just the tip of a problem which has not been properly addressed during the past administrations, and there are no signs of a real solution anytime soon. Thus, building a wall will not help to solve