1 even accepting for the sake of argument, that the majority
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of criminal entrants come through checkpoints,
(The Migration Policy Institute estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants resided in the United States in 2014. More than half (54 percent) resided in four states: California (27 percent), Texas (13 percent), New York (8 percent), and Florida (6 percent).)
the very word chosen, means 50+%.
(the number of successful illegal entries — including people making multiple attempts — between ports of entry along the entire southern border with Mexico has dropped from 1.7 million in 2005 to 170,000 in 2015. ... Roberts noted that the calculation is based on migrants from Mexico trying to cross the border without being caught. The number does not include the nearly 80,000 unaccompanied minors and families from Central America who turned themselves in to the Border Patrol in 2015 seeking asylum.)
2 Once the wall is done, you follow up in other areas.
3 Apparently what physical structures have already contributed to a decline in attempts and it will thwart an even greater number over time.
("Many people have stopped coming because it's a lot harder to cross, and they look for other areas," Loureiro said.
He estimated 80 percent of the migrants who came to the shelter used to eventually make it across the border, whether it took them one try or several. Now about 75 percent of them give up and go home, or stay in Nogales on the Mexico side and work, he said.)
Edited by MizzouTigerz at 21:22:39 on 12/28/18