If Obama does it, it's fine. If Trump, no bueno.

Same thing Trump is doing, but it was A-OKAY when Obama was in office.



"Good fences make good neighbors."



[b]2006[/b]
San Diego Fence Provides Lessons in Border Control
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5323928

Senate Passes Bill on Building 700 Miles of Border Fence
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/washington/30cong.html

Congress OKs 700-Mile Border Fence
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-oks-700-mile-border-fence/



[b]2007[/b]
Mexico druglords use migrants as bait:  Gangs move in on human smuggling as way to keep heat off drugs
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/18402627/ns/world_news-americas/t/migrants-become-pawns-mexico-druglords/

Study: Price for border fence up to $49 billion Study says fence cost could reach $49 billion / Lawmakers' estimate falls far short of total, research service says
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Study-Price-for-border-fence-up-to-49-billion-2625039.php

South Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area - Department of Justice
https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs22/22796/22796p.pdf

Mexican Cartels Use Migrants As DEA Decoys
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-cartels-use-migrants-as-dea-decoys/

Justice Department Announces $45 Million Multi-Ton Drug Bust Targeting Mexican Organization
https://www.foxnews.com/story/justice-department-announces-45-million-multi-ton-drug-bust-targeting-mexican-organization



[b]2009[/b]
CNN's Dobbs' Focus On Obama Birth Draws Fire To CNN
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111409944

Obama's Border Fence
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/527/index.html
Transcript
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/527/transcript.html

Border Fence to cost $6.5B over 20 Years
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/border-fence-to-cost-65b-over-20-years/

CNN anchorman Lou Dobbs resigns under fire
https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2009-11-cnn_anchorman_lou_dobb_resigns-story.html

Two Sides of a Border: One Violent, One Peaceful
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/23elpaso.html

El Paso's Low Crime Rate
http://www.unz.com/isteve/el-pasos-low/



[b]2010[/b]
Obama to send more troops to Southwest border region
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/05/25/obama.border.security/index.html

Obama to send extra troops to bolster US-Mexico border
https://www.bbc.com/news/10159363

Obama to deploy National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/99769-national-guard-troops-heading-to-border-lawmaker-says

President Obama Signs the Southwest Border Security Bill
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2010/08/13/president-obama-signs-southwest-border-security-bill

The 'Dangerous' Border: Actually One of America's Safest Places
http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2007474,00.html

Obama Signs $600 Million Border Security Bill
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-signs-600-million-border-security-bill/

John McCain Border Shift: 'Complete Danged Fence'
Sen. John McCain has released a tough-talking television ad that blames illegal immigrants for "home invasions [and] murders"
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/john-mccain-immigration-reversal-complete-danged-fence/story?id=10616090

Senator Schumer on Border Security Bill
Senator Schumer spoke in support of a $600 million border security bill, which provides an additional 1,500 border agents, unmanned aerial drones and communications equipment.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?295023-4/senator-schumer-border-security-bill

FBI — Drug Trafficking Violence in Mexico: Implications for the United States
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/testimony/drug-trafficking-violence-in-mexico-implications-for-the-united-states



[b]2011[/b]
Obama says the border fence is 'now basically complete'
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/may/16/barack-obama/obama-says-border-fence-now-basically-complete/

9/11 Border Security Leads to Crime Increase in Mexico
https://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/911-border-security-leads-crime-increase-mexico

New Mexico High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area - Department of Justice
https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/dmas/New_Mexico_DMA-2011(U).pdf



[b]2012[/b]
Violent crimes drop overall in U.S. border cities
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/04/violent-crimes-drop-overall-in-us-border-cities/1681821/

In the 2008 election, Barack Obama pledged to create secure borders. He said that would mean "additional personnel, infrastructure and technology on the border and at our ports of entry.”
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/286/secure-the-borders/

Cocaine Incorporated: How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/magazine/how-a-mexican-drug-cartel-makes-its-billions.html



[b]2013[/b]
Obama administration spent $18B on immigration enforcement
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/07/obama-immigration-enforcement/1815667/

President Obama on Border Security, Immigration Reform
State of the Union 2013: President Obama on Border Security
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/state-union-2013-president-obama-border-security-immigration-18483623

Officials: 2013 Attack on Border Patrol Agents Was a Planned Event
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Unruly-Crowd-Attack-Organized-at-US-Mexico-Border-San-Diego-233698631.html

Secure Border? El Paso, Texas, Says, Yes!
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/secure-border-el-paso/story?id=18611135

2 U.S.-Mexico Border Cities Boast Lowest Crime Rates, New Data Shows
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/08/2-us-mexico-border-cities_n_2647897.html

Violent Crime on the US Southwest Border Decreased from 2004-2011: Study
https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/violent-crime-on-the-us-southwest-border-decreased-from-2004-2011-study/

The Phantom Triple Fence: Fact Check
Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer hailed the success of triple fencing at the San Diego-Mexico border.
https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/the-phantom-triple-fence-fact-check/

Senate approves immigration bill 68-32
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/308307-senate-approves-immigration-bill-in-68-32-vote

House Bill H.R. 72
Increased Emergency Funding for Border Security
https://www.countable.us/bills/hr72-113-border-security-cooperation-and-act-now-drug-war-prevention-act-of-2013



[b]2014[/b]
Obama Seeks More Than $2 Billion in Border Control Funds
White House Wants Authority to Return Children to Their Native Countries Faster
https://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-seeks-2-billion-to-address-surge-in-illegal-border-crossings-1404022834

Here's How Obama Wants To Spend A Whopping $3.7 Billion To Deal With The[color=#FF0000] [b]Border Crisis[/b][/color]
https://www.businessinsider.com/obama-border-crisis-funding-congress-amount-2014-7

Obama to seek more than $2 billion in border aid; Nancy Pelosi visits Texas
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/765655925/Pelosi-holds-little-hope-for-immigration-reform.html

U.S. deportations of immigrants reach record high in 2013
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/10/02/u-s-deportations-of-immigrants-reach-record-high-in-2013/

White House requests $3.7 billion in emergency funds for border crisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-to-seek-38-billion-for-border-control-more-than-previously-signaled/2014/07/08/ac95a56e-06a9-11e4-bbf1-cc51275e7f8f_story.html

Obama exceeds 2 million mark in deportations
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/05/obama-exceeds-million-mark-deportations/7340419/

Obama, deporter-in-chief: the shame of immigration policy, one family at a time
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/09/obama-deporter-in-chief-immigration-policy-minor-crimes

Deadly Diseases Crossing Border with Illegal Immigrants
https://aapsonline.org/deadly-diseases-crossing-border-with-illegal-immigrants/

Disease Tsunami Washing Across Our Border
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/deadly-diseases-crossing-border-with-illegals/

Illegal Aliens Receive Immediate Medical Care; Veterans Left to Die
https://cis.org/Mortensen/Illegal-Aliens-Receive-Immediate-Medical-Care-Veterans-Left-Die

Disease plagues illegal immigrants; lack of medications, basic hygiene blamed
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/6/diseases-still-problem-illegal-immigrant-families/

Showdown: California town turns away buses of detained immigrants
https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/02/us/california-immigrant-transfers/index.html

Hillary Clinton: Unaccompanied Minors ‘Should Be Sent Back’
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/18/hillary-clinton-immigration_n_5507630.html

Hillary: Illegal immigrant children must be sent home
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/17/hillary-illegal-immigrant-children-must-be-sent-ho/

Obama aides were warned of brewing border crisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-aides-were-warned-of-brewing-border-crisis/2014/07/19/8b5d2282-0d1b-11e4-b8e5-d0de80767fc2_story.html

Pipeline of children: A border crisis
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2014/07/10/immigrant-children-border-kids-pipeline/12410517/

President Obama: Border crisis is a ‘shared responsibility’
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/obama-border-crisis-presidents-honduras-el-salvador-guatemala

In 9 months, over 57,000 children have crossed America's southern border illegally.
http://time.com/3024572/immigration-border-crisis-pictures/
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/basics-border-crisis-how-did-we-get-here-n147601

Sen. Jeff Sessions: Obama created border crisis
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/07/08/sessions-immigration-reform-column/12354693/

Emergency Spending for Border Security
https://www.c-span.org/video/?320359-1/president-obamas-37-billion-border-request

Obama seeks emergency immigration funds, more authority
https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/08/politics/immigration/index.html

Tracing the U.S. heroin surge back south of the border as Mexican cannabis output falls
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tracing-the-us-heroin-surge-back-south-of-the-border-as-mexican-cannabis-output-falls/2014/04/06/58dfc590-2123-4cc6-b664-1e5948960576_story.html

How Heroin Flows Over the Border and Into Suburbia
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/americas-heroin-epidemic/how-heroin-flows-over-border-suburbia-n196911



[b]2015[/b]
Obama Wants More Money for Military Spy Satellites, Lasers, Space Fence
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/02/obama-wants-more-money-military-spy-satellites-lasers-space-fence/104364/

Hillary: I Voted for Border Fence to Keep Out Illegal Immigrants
https://www.weeklystandard.com/daniel-halper/hillary-i-voted-for-border-fence-to-keep-out-illegal-immigrants

Obama’s Illegal Aliens: Importing Deadly Third World Diseases
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/259558/obamas-illegal-aliens-importing-deadly-third-world-matthew-vadum

Illegal Immigration and the Threat of Infectious Disease
https://sma.org/illegal-immigration-and-the-threat-of-infectious-disease/

Following heroin's path from Mexico to the Midwest
How Mexican heroin cartels are targeting small-town America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/09/24/pellets-planes-and-the-new-frontier/

Heroin, meth smuggling spike along border
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2015/07/02/coachella-valley-drug-trade/29613739/

Drug Trafficking Across the Southwest Border and Oversight of U.S Counter-drug Assistance to Mexico
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/ondcp/OLA/ondcp_statement_for_nov_17_senate_drug_caucus_mexico_hearing_--_final.pdf

Heroin epidemic traced to the drug cartels in Mexico: How Mexican drug cartels move heroin to Miami Valley street corners
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime--law/how-mexican-drug-cartels-move-heroin-miami-valley-street-corners/a04tDD8ULUaBal8F56SkBK/

US heroin coming from Mexican cartels: We have a clearer picture of who's fueling the US heroin epidemic — and how they're doing it
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-heroin-coming-from-mexican-cartels

Clinton Confronts Addiction Crisis She Helped Make Worse
https://www.hudson.org/research/11672-clinton-confronts-addiction-crisis-she-helped-make-worse

Silent Epidemic: Heroin in Southern Oregon
https://www.klcc.org/post/silent-epidemic-heroin-southern-oregon

Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona
As the drug pours into the state, an epidemic of addiction threatens a generation of young people, their families and friends.
http://hookedaz.cronkitenewsonline.com/

Drug Trafficking on Southwest Border ‘Worse than Ever’
https://www.hstoday.us/channels/federal-state-local/drug-trafficking-on-southwest-border-worse-than-ever/

Obama targets U.S.-Mexico border in heroin war, drugs a 'serious threat'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obama-targets-us-mexico-border-in-heroin-war-drugs-a-serious-threat

Meth Seizures at U.S.-Mexico Border Set New Records
http://time.com/3653153/meth-seizures-california-us-mexico-border/
The San Diego field office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 14,732 pounds of methamphetamine during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. That accounts for 63% of all seizures of the drug at U.S. ports of entry nationwide.








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THE TIME IS NOW for the wall/fence/obstacle/barrier!



(All values accurate at the time this is being researched and compiled)
The CURRENT value of the British Pound is $1.31 United States Dollars
The highest was about $2.09 around 11/2007

The CURRENT value of the Euro is $1.15 United States Dollars
The highest was about $1.57 around 6/2008

The CURRENT value of the Canadian Dollar is $0.75
The highest was about $1.07 around 11/2007

Clearly the US Dollar is strong right now. The current purchase value cannot be denied, and it easily researched via historical graphs.



Now, Here is where the idiots will chime in saying "BUT MEXICO WAS SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THE WALL/BARRIER/FENCE/OBSTACLE"
One can "pay" for something and money never changes hands. In this case, Mexico supporting all those it is trying to export would be a VERY heavy toll on Mexico.

Total Governmental Expenditures on Illegal Aliens (Federal and state) $134B/year
https://fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers
Illegal immigrants cost taxpayers $116 billion annually
https://www.watchdog.org/national/analysis-illegal-immigrants-cost-taxpayers-billion-annually/article_b51222e8-8b7b-11e8-8546-37063af1f318.html
Illegal immigrants receiving Medicaid costs taxpayers $18.5 billion annually
https://www.watchdog.org/national/reports-illegal-immigrants-receiving-medicaid-costs-taxpayers-billion-annually/article_6a9860a6-d0bd-11e8-92ed-5bca8b2d3b38.html

Right now, ONE US Dollar is equal to $19.10 Mexican Pesos.

At US costs, lowered to $100Billion, times 19 pesos for every USD, that would cost Mexico $1.9 TRILLION PESOS
The GDP of Mexico in 2017 - $1.15 TRILLION USD
The GDP of Mexico in 2019 - $1.2 TRILLION USD - https://tradingeconomics.com/mexico/gdp
https://tradingeconomics.com/mexico/gdp


At today's estimates, $5 Billion USD will find about 200 miles of wall/obstacle/fence/barrier.


Now, As time goes on, the dollar will weaken once again, inflation is always going up, and the border wall/barrier/fence/obstacle will simply cost more in the future.

$5 Billion in 2018 dollars (This is being made on 2/17/19) was just $9.6 Billion in 1990
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/