The situation in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, etc. is very bad right now, economically and in terms of rule of law. In poor areas of the cities gangs rule, not the police, and people who don’t cooperate with them are at risk of their lives. The most effective way for us to stop people showing up at our border is to help those countries get their economies and governments back in order. Not only would it solve the problem at the source, it would be way cheaper than a 20 billion dollar border wall.
Immigrants overrun the US? Get real. There are at least 320 MILLION Americans. How are they going to “overrun” us? WE ARE NOT VULNERABLE. We are a strong, rich country with very effective law enforcement. and anybody who tells you differently is lying to you to get your vote or your money. Yes, there are parts of the country with economic problems, but we have never stopped being great and this idea that we have somehow been victimized and need to be be great “again” is just a scam. We’re basically in good shape, but – like all countries throughout history – we have a few problems that need to be fixed. Don’t fall for the doom-sayers.