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Originally Posted by RalliartRsX
Fair statement. However, if you read a little further, Mexico gets alot of their supply from China and weight isn't necessarily the only issue to focus on
However, that negates the point I am trying to bring across; they are not smuggling across open, sprawling parts of the SWB through "illegal" entry. That has been the entire argument for a wall; to protect these supposed "illegal" smuggling zones that are currently not patrolled or "protected". Actually, there are really no stats to support such an argument come to think of it. That is contrary to what the DEA report surmises and has made mention to on multiple occasions throughout the report. They are smuggling through LEGAL Points of Entry. That has been the argument since day one.
Not saying it doesn't happen through parts of border not patrolled.
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You did say this earlier which is where the confusion stemmed from:
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Originally Posted by RalliartRsX
Questions; what is the number one method for drugs entering the country and people entering "illegally"?? Hint; its NOT through the southern border.
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And parts of your response are contradictory..are they smuggling across open, unpatrolled parts of the border or are they not? lol
I'll tell you now that they are. There's been footage and photos of it. It might not be as much as how much gets seized at the checkpoints, but the problem is we really just don't know how much gets across because there are miles of open border without checkpoints.
...and this all just focuses on one issue our open SWB. There's also the smuggling of undocumented
people, which is perhaps even the bigger issue here. There were already confirmed cases of people on the terrorist watch list entering the US illegally through the SWB.
Can we all agree that there
is a problem with the SWB in terms of illegal immigration and drug smuggling and where we differ is the method to remedy this?