Trump maintained that the wall would be built to enhance U.S. border security.

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Trump maintained that the wall would be built to enhance U.S. border security.

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On Day One, we will begin working on an impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful southern border wall,” Trump said during a major speech on immigration in Phoenix.
What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records — gang members, drug dealers — we're getting them out of our country or we're going to incarcerate. But we're getting them out of our country, they're here illegally.
Yes," Trump says when asked if he's really going to build a wall. "For certain areas I would — but certain areas, a wall is more appropriate. I'm very good at this, it's called construction.
You have people coming in, and I'm not just saying Mexicans, I'm talking about people that are from all over that are killers and rapists and they're coming into this country.

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Trump's 2016 campaign promises