Walling off the southern border

With some 12 million illegal immigrants already living in the U.S. and as many as 500,000 crossing the border each year, Congress recently authorized the construction of a wall at the Mexican border. Will it stem the flow? Efforts to get comprehensive imm

With some 12 million illegal immigrants already living in the U.S. and as many as 500,000 crossing the border each year, Congress recently authorized the construction of a wall at the Mexican border. Will it stem the flow?

Why build a wall now?

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