In 2015 U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump issued a proposal to build a wall along the Mexico-U.S. border. The wall would extend along the 1,900 mile border and would prevent illegal goods and people from entering the U.S. In 2013 the Government Accountability Office reported that the border patrol had intercepted 61% of individuals who had attempted to cross the border that year. Analysts say that building a wall along the entire border is impossible since it parts of it contain rocky, uneven terrain. Proponents argue that the wall will cut down on the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the U.S. Opponents argue that the wall is impossible to build and illegal immigration into the U.S. has declined significantly since the 2008 financial crisis.
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Response rates from 31.8k Oakland voters.
41% Yes |
59% No |
35% Yes |
48% No |
5% Yes, but make it a high-tech surveillance barrier instead of a physical one |
6% No, this would be too costly and ineffective |
1% Yes, and Mexico should pay for it |
4% No, but increase our military presence along the southern border |
1% No, and we should adopt an open border policy |
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1% No, keep the current wall but do not build more of it |
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@8LXM2H34yrs4Y
I don't have enough knowledge for an opinion pertaining to this.
@46492CW4yrs4Y
Yes, but not to keep people out, solely for aesthetic pleasure.
@ISIDEWITH3yrs3Y
No, but increase border patrol, and improve our visa program. A wall would be a waste of money.
@957QQY72yrs2Y
No, but abolish the 1965 immigration system and establish a brand new immigration system that will benefit the American people.
@9438QSR2yrs2Y
No, but we should abolish the 1965 immigration system and establish a brand new immigration system that will benefit the American people.
@9TKD9PK3mos3MO
No, but instead abolish the 1965 immigration system and establish a brand new immigration system that will benefit the American people.
@9D47SPK1yr1Y
No, but improve border patrol and our visa program. A wall would be overkill and a waste of money.
@9D8TB681yr1Y
No, but increase our military presence along the southern border and the Canadian border and coasts too and we should mobilize the world to put a stop to sex drug and slave trafficking but let migrants across the border
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