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Letter: Border wall would be effective

By Gary A. Crane, Ridgefield
Published: January 23, 2019, 6:00am

The Columbian editorial of Jan. 8 titled, “Sensible Security,” is another offering of left-wing ideology about border security. They cherry pick one “Never Trumper” who states in part, “The wall would have little impact on illegal immigration.” Numerous experts and border patrol officers have declared just the opposite.

Obama’s border patrol chief, Mark Morgan, has repeatedly stated that walls work. They free up resources to focus on the points of entrances so they can detect more contraband and illegals. To suggest a tall wall would have little impact on 50,000-plus illegals crossing every month is just pure folly.

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