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Trump looks to embrace GOP's "border adjustment" idea in taxing Mexican imports: http://on.wsj.com/2k8BPBC

Republican leaders embrace Trump’s border wall but are split on the details http://bloom.bg/2jCdoZJ

This is what Trump's border wall could cost
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/09/this-is-what-trumps-border-wall-could-cost-us.html


According to a Government Accountability Office 2009 report, the cost to build 1 mile of fencing at the border averaged between $2.8 million and $3.9 million
The GAO estimate for one difficult section of fencing near San Diego was $16 million.
The actual cost for the rest of the border wall (roughly 1,300 miles) could be as high as $16 million per mile, with a total price tag of $15 billion to $25 billion. Rosenblum said the $15 billion low-end estimate is "probably an underestimate," because the parts that have yet to be fenced are the most difficult — the most dense and arid. At $16 million per mile and with 1,300 miles to secure, the estimated cost would be $12 billion, and the price of private land acquisitions and maintenance of fencing could push that total cost higher.
The U.S. government would have to pay to maintain the wall, which could cost as much as $750 million a year, according to an analysis conducted by Politico. And then if it wanted to man it with personnel, that would be an additional cost — border patrol has an operating budget of $1.4 billion for 21,000 agents.