The wall could be much much shorter, if we kept the current border, but created a large DMZ south of our current border, moved a number of our military bases into the DMZ, and let them really go after bad guys south of our border.
We could then more easily eradicate the cartels and all their corrupt police and their paid Mexican army. Many tens of thousands of people have been killed by these killers south of the border, including thousands of children, and we could end those cartels and their people and sex trafficking, and violence.
Additionally, we could call the same DMZ something like a “Free American Economic Trade Zone”, (since so many from South of our border want to come to America), offer jobs to those who live their, and abide by the law, and bring up the infrastructure over time from part of the profits of the “Free American Economic Trade Zone”.
If people get all angry over it, publish how the model follows the Chinese model, which is elevated by many of our college campuses.
Then our wall could be built and not endanger the Rio Grande River so many environmentalist are worried about, and to the wall itself would cost half or less.
This plan would then give access to American shipping in the beautiful and very capable Gulf of California, bipassing California.
This would really put a cramp in the plans to the left and Latina’s goal to either return the Southwest to Mexico, or their plans to create a new communist country out of our Desert Southwest.
I bet this idea does not become very popular with recent generations.
“The wall could be much shorter, if we kept the current border, but created a large DMZ south of our current border, moved a number of our military bases into the DMZ, and let them really go after bad guys south of our border.”
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I really like your idea! I wish the Administration could see your post.