the problem with the wall is it doesn't fix anything. Ignorant people genuinely believe that illegals hurt the US economy more than they help it. newflash: the amount of value that immigrants from Mexico provide by taking the low tier jobs in society that a lot of US citizens don't want is enormous.
The janitorial jobs, fast food jobs, the things that a lot of grown Americans will never want to permanently do.
The thing is that for potentially someone from Mexico, a minimum wage job (or less than minium, as often is the case with undocumented workers) in America is a LOT better than what many Mexicans can get in Mexico. The point I'm making is that the majority of illegals coming into the country are taking work that a lot of Americans wouldn't want and are HAPPY to do so.
You build a big wall and get extreme about immigration from Mexico and you'll cut out the bottom part of the US economy. Trump is ignorant about this (or just in denial), maybe because he's somewhat out of touch with the lower rings of society (which is funny because he's gotten into trouble for treating undocumented workers unfairly in the past).
Building a wall is the answer people provide who think that government welfare to illegals is one of the things killing the economy- its not. Not even close. That sort of thing is a fraction of the bill compared to what's being provided to DOCUMENTED US citizens, military costs, maintaining the nation, etc.
I can't emphasize enough how potentially cutting off the Mexican inpour to the United States will potentially damage the economy gigantically. What do you think will happen when companies can't find a kajillion of happy immigrants to fill their minimum wage positions and other born-in-America citizens don't want the jobs? wages will be forced to be raised and then the cost of goods will go up.
A wall is short sighted and just silly. The Mexican immigrants aren't hurting the country or economy at all, they're filling a section of it. I can't believe a country so built and formed around accepting other nationalities and migrants to adapt to change would be potentially so blind and close minded at this point in time.
Too many sheep just going along with Trump's whims because they feel unsatisifed in life and magically think that ANY change is better than no change (which is not at all the case)