"The math is pretty simple. You could spend $50-$75 billion on a wall or you can spend half of one billion, beef up security so that these places are livable and they're not streaming up to America."
@RepCartwright says he WILL vote on the $4.5B border supplement.pic.twitter.com/McAH5c0LSZ
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The State Department recently announced that it was cutting off aid money to three Central American countries after they failed to meet demands to curb illegal immigration up through Mexico to the United States.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/state-department-cutting-aid-to-el-salvador-guatemala-and-honduras …
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@realDonaldTrump lamented the lack of action on the parts of these countries despite "hundreds of millions of dollars" in aid payments. Trump speculated that the aid money was probably pocketed by leaders.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-says-foreign-aid-probably-just-stolen-by-central-american-leaders …4 replies 6 retweets 18 likesShow this thread
While @RepCartwright emphasizes costs over $50 billion, the cost for the proposed border wall wasn't expected to exceed $30 billion after all was said and done.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/group-says-each-new-illegal-immigrant-costs-82-191-164-billion-over-decade …
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