>>6045568 (PB)
The ONLY parts of the border that should NOT be closed are the designated ports of entry / crossing points.
PERIOD
Geez Don, don't harpoon us. Forget the economy of TX – if stopping the influx of illegal drugs and trafficked women and children will harm the TX economy that much, then it OUGHT to be hurt.
A year from now there will be another million or so illegal immigrants, a shit-tonne of new drugs and herds of newly trafficked women and children. Other than being in a year's worse shape, what will have changed?
It's hard to win at chess if you keep giving up your pawns without capturing anything.