It is ineffective. It\nwill cost too much money. It is a medieval security measure. Anti-border\nenforcement advocates have dreamed up a new reason to oppose a wall or physical\nbarrier along the southern border. It is racist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rep. Alexandria\nOcasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) again displayed a knack for developing novel arguments to\njustify her novelty policies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe entire PREMISE of a wall is not based in fact. It\u2019s based in a racist + non-evidence based trope that immigrants are dangerous,\u201d she rage-tweeted<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Actually, the premise\nof the wall is to reduce the likelihood that illegal aliens or human and drug\ntraffickers will successfully cross through a porous border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If we close open border crossings, that will increasingly drive human and drug traffickers to guarded ports of entry argued<\/a> Timothy Ballard, founder of the anti-trafficking organization Operation Underground Railroad. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlthough\ncritics reject the idea of a physical barrier along the southern border for a\nnumber of different reasons, my experience leads me to the conclusion that\nphysical barriers are a tool that we must utilize in the fight against human\ntrafficking. Walls, barriers, physical deterrents, it doesn\u2019t matter what they\u2019re\ncalled, they work,\u201d said Ballard, who comes to the issue with 12 years\u2019\nexperience working as in the child trafficking unit of Homeland Security\nInvestigations, a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n During his Senate Judiciary Committee testimony,\nBallard stated as many as 10,000 children per year are trafficked into the U.S.\nto be used as sex slaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A wall is not the only countermeasure, but part of a\ncomprehensive and flexible approach to toughening the border, Ballard testified.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n