Building border walls in specific areas can aid border patrol efforts by funneling crossings to more manageable, surveilled points and thereby improve overall border control

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Building border walls in specific areas can aid border patrol efforts by funneling crossings to more manageable, surveilled points and thereby improve overall border control

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Opposing arguments

Migrants and smugglers may quickly adapt to new wall structures and find alternative routes or methods to bypass them

Quotes that support the claim

"Border wall construction is intended to provide persistent impedance and denial to illegal cross-border activity. Border wall systems provide U.S. Border Patrol agents a greater ability to detect and respond to illegal cross-border entries."
"If we do a wall and we do it properly on the border, we can in fact effectuate a better arrest rate and we can in fact secure the border,”

Supported voting positions

Build a wall in key areas along the US-MX border

Supporting arguments

The construction of walls along the US-MX border in strategic locations can lead to increased operational efficiency, as it simplifies the challenges associated with patrolling extensive and varied terrains

Voting issues

US-Mexico border management

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Build a wall in key areas along the US-MX border

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