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Who will pay for Trump’s 'big, beautiful' wall?

  • Written by Wayne Cornelius, Professor of Political Science and U.S.-Mexican Relations, University of California, San Diego
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President Donald Trump’s scheme to build a “big, beautiful, impenetrable” wall on the southwestern border – and force Mexico to pay for it – is wildly unrealistic and won’t be effective in keeping undocumented migrants out.

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