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Why are walls useless to stop drug traffiking at the border? (Original Post) Xipe Totec Oct 14 OP
My thoughts Dan Oct 14 #1
Or pass them through the spaces between the rusty slats. Klarkashton Oct 14 #2
Because drugs aren't coming over the border where the walls are being built. BlueKentuckyGirl Oct 14 #3
I live a hundred yars from the wall. Scruffy1 Oct 15 #4

Dan

(4,095 posts)
1. My thoughts
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 07:41 PM
Oct 14

Money corrupts!

There is too much money in the drug trade. It corrupts the police, judges, attorneys, government officials, car dealers - everything that money can buy, it buys.

Let's be honest, if the Cartel put money in front of Trump he would open the border walls himself.

BlueKentuckyGirl

(429 posts)
3. Because drugs aren't coming over the border where the walls are being built.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:42 PM
Oct 14

They're coming on big trucks through legal ports of entry being driven by American citizens. Do you really think that the drug cartels trust their drugs with people trying to sneak into the country? I can see it now... some poor mom crossing the Rio Grande with a kid or 2, smuggling drugs into the country. What a joke.

Scruffy1

(3,418 posts)
4. I live a hundred yars from the wall.
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 01:08 AM
Oct 15

This was has been around for years. What really makes the border secure her in El Paso is having Border Patrol agents being spaced a mile apart 24/7. El Paso has one of the lowest crime rates of any US cities. I'll get over 400 for Day of the Dead. Many from Juarez who visit relatives and friends.

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