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Yes, we should. No, we should not.
Debate Score:27
Arguments:22
Total Votes:41
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 Yes, we should. (11)
 
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7th The US should build a $5B wall at our southern border with Mexico.

Yes, we should.

Side Score: 13
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No, we should not.

Side Score: 14
0 points

We should build the wall to keep intruders out. We should build the wall to keep the USA safe. We should build the wall so that nobody can leave the USA and the prices will stay the Same

Side: Yes, we should.
0 points

We should build the wall to have control of who enters our families' space.

Side: Yes, we should.
0 points

We should build the wall so we can keep the drug dealers outside our country and tourists and keep our country safe.

Side: Yes, we should.
0 points

To stop Mexicans from selling us drugs then they run back over the border.

Side: Yes, we should.
0 points

To stop the people from coming in illegally

Have people get a passport instead of hopping over a fence/gate

Side: Yes, we should.
JessHess(21) Disputed
2 points

A passport is issued by your country of origin and allows you to visit. Illegal immigration does not have anything to do with passports.

Side: No, we should not.
0 points

To stop the mexican people from selling us drugs and running back out of the border

To stop mexicans from coming in and maybe planting bombs

To keep mexicans out of our country because of gun violence

Side: Yes, we should.
JessHess(21) Disputed
1 point

Can you please provide evidence of undocumented immigrants from Mexico planting bombs?

Side: No, we should not.
0 points

We should build because there are people crossing the border (hopping the fence/gate) illegally, meanwhile, there are other people who are getting passports and crossing legally. It takes about 4-6 weeks to get a passport. This is much better then crossing illegally. Yes, they can fly over the wall but there is no where to land.

Side: Yes, we should.
0 points

If we cut foreign aid, most of it going to countries that hate us, by ten percent; we would have enough to build a wall.

Side: Yes, we should.
excon(18261) Disputed
0 points

we would have enough to build a wall.

Hello G:

Oh, we HAVE enough for the wall.. What we DON'T have is a congress who'll appropriate it. Trump can't spend what the congress doesn't appropriate.. You like the Constitution, right?

excon

Side: No, we should not.
Grugore(856) Disputed
0 points

I love the Comstitution. That's why I hate liberals who refuse to protect our borders.

Side: Yes, we should.
0 points

Hello:

A passport is identification, nothing more.. It's easy to get, but it doesn't grant the holder permission to leave or enter a country... That's what a visa does, and it's not easy to get.. In fact, a visa to enter the US from Mexico takes MONTHS and costs $1,000's. It's out of reach for most Mexicans..

By the way... That's a FEATURE, not a BUG.. The US would rather have wealthy Mexicans coming in - NOT the poor..

excon

Side: Yes, we should.
2 points

It cost a lot of money to build the wall and if we dont have enought of money he is just gonna double or triple the amount to build the wall.

Side: No, we should not.
hichild(3) Disputed
0 points

it might be a wast of money but it keeps our country safe.

Side: Yes, we should.
JessHess(21) Clarified
0 points

How would you suggest we spend the money? Do you have another idea for border security?

Side: Yes, we should.
2 points

we should not build the wall because,

1. We are all the same no matter what race you are.

2. people are working with out pay.

3.Also trump is going to make Mexico pay for it.

Side: No, we should not.
2 points

(my argument)

It cost way to much money

He want Mexico to pay for it

He’s causing the Government to shutdown

(facts)

It only cost 5 Billion to build a PART of the wall

Trump said on an interview that he was NOT paying for the wall he was making Mexico pay for it

The government is shutdown until trump either gives up or gets the wall

Side: No, we should not.
1 point

"The Democrats do not support the [border] wall. And I think that the Republicans on the border states do not support the wall… The wall is, in my view, immoral, expensive, [and] unwise… The President talks about how tall it is, who's going to pay for it, and all the rest of that. But you have to understand this part of the country. There's a community with the border going through it. The President, I think, talking about this wall is expressing a sign of weakness. He's saying, 'I can't control our borders. I have to build a wall.' We certainly would like to-- We have a responsibility to control our borders. Building a wall is not an answer, not here or any place."

quoted from nancy pelosi herself.

Side: No, we should not.
1 point

"If this border wall actually happens, it will be an environmental catastrophe. Essentially, what it's doing is cutting through nature's bridge, which connects Central America to North America and South America. Wildlife have been using this natural corridor for millions of years. And, essentially, what this administration wants to do is put a twelve-hundred mile long barrier right through it. Think of all the different species and creatures that migrate for resources, for reproduction, for seasonality. Many of the animals that live in North America, evolved in South America and migrated along this natural causeway. So, it would be absolutely devastating. There are over a hundred bird species that migrate that will be critically impacted by this. And there are nearly 90 endangered and threatened species [including jaguars, ocelots, and the Mexican gray wolf], some of which could very well be pushed to extinction because of this proposed wall."

-jeff corwin ; wildlife biologist and nature conservationist,

Side: No, we should not.
1 point

If it's built, the project will be a boondoggle of legendary proportions and likely will become the subject of historic ridicule. Why? Because Trump's silly wall can't possibly address much of the problem he seeks to fix… Trump has milked the melodrama of a border wall, but he ignores the likelihood that it would be ineffectual at stopping people from entering the country without permission. Human migration routes are like rivers: If they hit an obstacle, the flow finds a way around it. So a wall will just lead smugglers to find new routes and methods — planes, boats and 31-foot ladders for a 30-foot wall — even as it is being built, further undercutting confidence in the barrier's effectiveness. Nor would Trump's wall address the growth in illegal immigration from Asia, which outpaces immigration from Latin America… Perhaps most important, a wall could do nothing to halt the growing trend of people entering the country legally (often by plane) and then not leaving, which by some estimates accounts for as much as half of the undocumented immigration.

Side: No, we should not.
1 point

Rick Perry, the Republican Governor of Texas, was quoted in an Aug. 28, 2007 Reuters article titled "Texas Gov Says U.S. Needs Migrants, Not Border Wall":

"We need those individuals to continue to grow our economy...

If you show up illegally, without your card or you're here as a criminal element, I'm for throwing the book at those folks, but the issue of people who want to legally, thoughtfully and appropriately come to America to work and help us build our economy -- we should quickly come up with a program and an identification card to do that...

We know how to deal with border security, and you don't do it by building a fence."

Side: No, we should not.