Building the wall will prevent more tragedies at the borderNY Post, Dec 29, 2018, Michael Goodwin
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Color me skeptical that either an investigation or enhanced care will ultimately improve border security or migrant health. The reality is that the sheer volume of illegal crossers, combined with advantages the law gives those traveling with children, means the expansion of benefits will almost instantly be swamped by tens of thousands of new arrivals.
Moreover, great danger is inherent in the long trek, especially for young children, some of whom may have pre-existing health conditions. It is not callous to say that it is unrealistic and unfair to make American border officials — and taxpayers — responsible for children whose parents are so irresponsible. Nor is it compassion to encourage Central America’s poor to believe that getting to the border is akin to reaching the promised land.
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Yet because of the dead children, emotions are again threatening to drown out the substance of the dispute. The result is that there is precious little focus on the role a wall could play in stemming the tide of suffering humanity washing up on America’s southern border.
In fact, had there been a wall and true border security, there is a reasonable chance the parents of the two dead Guatemalan children would not have attempted the hazardous trek.
Walls, after all, are not just barriers. They are also deterrents that can dissuade would-be migrants from even attempting to reach the US.
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