Border Wall Necessary Essay

Is a wall necessary? Some might argue that it’s not because it won’t keep away other people, but some people think it’s necessary. A wall means more security, but what if it’s not going to keep away everything and everyone. It can destroy the wildlife growing there. ”Border infrastructure not only blocks the movement of wildlife, but... destroys the habitat fragments and the connectivity that these animals use to move from one place to another,” Sergio Avila-Villegas. A border wall between the U.S. and Mexico can not protect American jobs or reduce crime because the immigrants help our economy, it won’t keep the drug smugglers away, and the wall won’t keep the terrorists away.
One important reason that a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico can not protect American jobs and reduce crime is that the immigrants help our economy. According to The Nation “ Altogether according to the state and local tax data analysis published by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP)-undocumented immigrants contribute about $11.6 billion to the economy annually, including nearly $7 billion in sales and excise taxes and $3.6 billion in property taxes” Michelle Chen, March 14, 2016. What Michelle is saying here is if the undocumented immigrants leave the country and go back to their home country all of that will be lost and who will recover all the lost

and Mexico can not protect American jobs and reduce crime is that the wall won’t keep the drug smugglers away. As Sam Quinones on New York Times, February 16, 2017 has made clear “ But walls have not stopped drugs, especially heroin. It is the easiest drug to traffic in small batches across a border because it is so easily condensed-and easier to cut later”. Sam Quinones point is that before we even build a wall we have to stop drugs from coming in or out of the U.S. because then building a wall means drug smugglers will find more ways in and that won’t be any