Resolved: The United States Federal Government should build a border wall along the US-Mexico border

Hi there.Before I begin, I want to state that I have no personal issues with most individual illegal immigrants, and I'm sure the majority of them are decent people simply looking for a better life. However the collective overwhelming financial, security and cultural burden they play on the country is too much to put up with any longer.There are four main points I would like to get across in my first argument - Cost, crime, culture, and success in other countries.Cost*Figures are in US dollarsTrump is asking for $25billion [1], and the high estimate cost is $25billion [2] (I'm sure we can disregard the Democrats' incredibly biased nonsense figure of $70billion), so $25billion would be a good number to work with. The important thing when talking about cost alone is how quickly it we can see a surplus - considering illegals cost the country money when they come here in the form of federal and state government expenses, unpaid taxes, prison costs and taxpayer funded services, they run a pretty big financial burden on the country.It's estimated that illegals are costing the country $116billion annually, a number that has risen by $4billion since 2013 [3]. Following trends, if a border wall were to be implemented, cutting illegal immigration down by approximately half [4], it would result in approximately $1billion saved per year, leading to a surplus by 2042. This is a reasonable long term goal which can play a major part in saving the country money in the long run.On top of being a financial cost, the unpaid taxes are astonishingly high with illegal immigrants. While the average American citizen pays approximately $21,000 a year in taxes - leading to a total of $6.34trillion [5] - the total taxes paid by illegals is a mere $12billion [6], leading to an average of $960 per illegal immigrant, as there are 12.5million illegals living in the US currently [3]. So that's $20,000 that the country is missing out on per illegal immigrant.With 310,000 illegals being caught trying to enter illegally [7] and a 40% success rate of illegals being caught [8], that leads to approximately 465,000 illegals continuing to enter the country illegally. So the implementation of a border wall - which would cut that number in half [4] to 232,500 - would cut down $4.65billion in unpaid taxes annually. Keep in mind that we are adding this number to the already existing burden of $116billion annually.CrimeAlthough Mister President may have exaggerated a bit when he said only some illegals were good people, he had a solid point that crime with illegal immigrants is greater than that of American citizens. Comparing data in Arizona (a hotspot for illegals), crime rates are drastically different between illegals and citizens. Illegals are 146% more likely to commit crime, and almost twice as likely to commit serious offenses such as murder, rape, etc [9]. It's also important to keep in mind that the majority of these offenses aren't from people who simply overstayed a visa, so a border wall would be the most beneficial and practical measure of illegal immigration enforcement when it comes to crime and safety.Violence also severely affects illegals who are hopping the border, from cartels executing illegals to rampant rape during the "hopping the border" process [10], the implementation of a border wall would cause would-be illegals to not even bother trying, or at the very most, attempt another way to enter the country, which would save their lives. Not only is a border wall beneficial for America, but for Mexican citizens (and other countries south of the border), as it would deter them from the dangerous trek filled with deadly cartels and deadly environmental elements - another area that has resulted in thousands of deaths over the past few years [11].CultureAlthough multiculturalism is a strength of western countries, nearly half of all Latin immigrants don't believe it should be necessary to learn English if they immigrate (legally or not) to America [12]. This number is most likely much larger within illegal communities, considering they don't have to pass any form of English test to gain entrance to the country. This fact simply shows that a cultural divide is more and more prominent with illegal immigrants and it's becoming more and more difficult to communicate with these demographics. If illegals had to immigrate here legally, they would be more inclined to learn the language so we could all get along as a nice big happy family.Successful Barriers in Other CountriesIsrael implemented a border wall on multiple border crossings along several bordering countries, and it cut illegal immigration and acts of terrorism down by up to 99% [13]. The implementation of a barrier between Spain and Africa cut illegal immigration from 3,700 down to 100 [14] - 97% effectiveness. Border walls have been proved to be effective across the world, and the implementation of one on the US border would most likely follow suit.Well I think that's it for now. Looking forward to hearing what you have to say. Thanks!Sources[1] https://www.reuters.com...[2] https://www.brookings.edu...[3] https://fairus.org...[4] http://www.pewhispanic.org...[5] https://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com...[6] http://www.politifact.com...[7] https://www.cbp.gov...[8] https://www.cfr.org...[9] https://poseidon01.ssrn.com...[10] https://www.heritage.org... [11] https://www.gao.gov...[12] http://www.pewhispanic.org...[13] https://www.hsgac.senate.gov...[14] https://www.theguardian.com...