CMV: The US is in no way capable of stopping immigration from Central America. We are powerless and unable to do anything about it.

I think that there are some people out there who are saying that the US has the ability to stop immigrants from coming into the US by sealing the border or sending in the military. I am saying that is impossible and that the US can’t stop them from coming in. <br><br>The main argument that I am going against is that the US can build a wall or seal the border with troops and that would be enough. While the wall could prevent a large amount of migrants from entering the US, it would not be enough. If we built a wall that went all the way around the US, they would still find a way to get in.<br><br>Also, the main argument that I think people use to try to make this argument go away is that “this is a democratic country, we don’t send out troops on our own soil”. That is the main argument that I am going against, because it doesn’t apply to what I am saying. <br><br>The US cannot seal the border, but we don’t need to. All we need to do is make the journey easier. If we make it easier to cross the border, then more people will cross. <br><br>The main reason why we can’t seal the border is because we need the immigrants. We have 10 million+ immigrants working in the US right now and the US economy would tank if we removed all of them from the work force. The US has no one to harvest its crops, pick its fruit, etc. <br><br>Another reason is that we have no way to house them all. The US already has a homeless population of 550,000+ people, we can’t house 50,000+ people on top of them. We can’t build enough prisons to house all of them, because the prisons are overcrowded as it is. <br><br>Another reason is that we can’t house the children that would be separated from their parents. <br><br>The US is unable to seal the border, so we just need to make it easier for them to cross. The reason why they are making the journey so hard is because of the money. <br><br>The migrants are paying up to $8,000 to be smuggled into the US, which means that they are paying smugglers. They are paying smugglers because they think that if they cross the border safely, they will have a better chance at getting into the country. <br><br>They also think that they will have a better chance at crossing safely because of the border patrol. They know that the border patrol is there, so they need to pay to have a safe way across. <br><br>I think that if we make it easier for them to cross, then we will get more and more immigrants coming in. They will continue to cross because they want to be here. <br><br>I am not saying that we should let them all in, but what I am saying is that we are powerless in stopping them. We have tried in the past, but it didn’t work. We have no way to stop them from crossing. <br><br>I hope you can change my view.