The Realities Facing the 'Trump Wall'
February 2017
By Stew Magnuson
The Trump Wall will never be completed as envisioned before the new president leaves office even if he were to win a second term. In fact, it’s a safe bet to say a nearly 2,000 mile-long wall on the U.S. border with Mexico is a pipe dream.
This column in July looked at the staggering costs of building a wall when it was just a campaign promise. Now that President Donald Trump is in office, his allies on Capitol Hill are remaining steadfast on the notion of building it.
“We are going to build the wall. Period,” House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said in a Fox News editorial.
Putting aside the costs, it’s time to look at the feasibility.
Before looking at a more realistic scenario for border security, it might be useful to take President Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill at their word and spell out exactly what they are talking about. This would be one of the largest public works programs seen since the 1950s when the nation began construction of the Eisenhower Interstate System.
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