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

Thanks, Lannan. Interesting counter plan, I was expecting something other than "it's bad because x, y, z," so nice.MexicoFor this argument, we need to look at two things: practicality and possibility of Mexico even having the ability to build a wall to begin with, and the Saudi wall's purpose and results. The latter I will address in the next section.Using your source [1], Saudi Arabia is expected to spend $40billion on their border wall. Given that the length of said "Saudi Great Wall" is 560 miles and the US-Mexico border is barely under 2,000 miles [2], it would be fair to assume that the dollar value for a similar wall built in the US would be in the $150billion rage. This isn't taking into account the portion of the US-Mexico border that cuts through water, which would cost significantly more. $25billion compared to $150billion is a big difference.Given that Mexico's national debt is just over $600million [3], multiplying that by 242 and raising the debt to basically the entire cost of the wall is absolutely impossible and will not work. You've said that "Mexico will contract private US companies to build the US-Mexico border wall," but you never got into that, and the very fact that this wall will be at least $150billion just shows how improbable this scenario is. There are several questions that can destroy this argument: 1) What kind of company(s) will invest tens of billions of dollars in a wall owned by Mexico? 2) How would these companies gain this money back (with a surplus, as no company will invest a billion dollars with no return) when Mexico's GDP is almost five percent that of America's [4]? And 3) Why would US companies invest billions in Mexican infrastructure when they could invest a seventh of that in American infrastructure?You've said a few times throughout your argument that "Mexico will pay for it," but I don't see that happening, and neither does Mexico. Mr. Trump wasn't able to get Mexico to pay for it, and the President of Mexico even stated that the country "does not believe in walls" [5]. So Mexico does not want a border wall, does not want to pay for it, and sure as hell doesn't have the resources to build one even if they wanted to. This is why America has to build it themselves, with American money, by Americans.I may be jumping to conclusions, but if the first half of your argument is "Mexico will pay for it somehow," that just doesn't work, as they don't even want a wall to begin with.US HegemonyYou're right that the US hasn't done a hell of a lot to help out around the world, but you haven't explained how having Mexico build a wall such as the Saudi one (which won't happen) instead of America building the one Trump has proposed is related to hegemony at all. "The US getting Mexico to build the wall" is obviously a better idea than the US doing it themselves and using their own money, however this just isn't practical or even feasible, as I've already shown. You claim that Mexico building the wall will "benefit both nations," but there isn't a single reason Mexico would want a wall to begin with. Illegals and/or terrorists are not sneaking into Mexico from the US, and considering the primary reason the Saudi wall was built was to prevent terrorism, this is a battle that isn't worth fighting, as it doesn't exist to begin with.I've stated in my previous argument that less advanced, less expensive, and less time consuming walls in other parts of the world such as Israel and Spain have worked at up to a 99% success rate. To quadruple the amount of barriers and protection would be the definition of overkill, and completely unnecessary to tackle the primary issue that is affecting America - illegal immigration.You state that "There have been reports that ISIS is currently moving into the US from the open US-Mexico border and closing this off will be a key way to protect Americans at home from terror," which is exactly why Mexico doesn't care enough to build the wall like you're asking. As I've stated in my previous argument, Israel has seen a major drop in terrorism attacks - upwards of 90% - since they built a smaller version of Trump's proposed border wall [6]. Your proposed barrier would, again, be overkill and just not a possibility the way you envision it.We also need to keep in mind that the majority of terrorist attacks that have affected the US have been carried out by people legally in the country [7], and "hopping the border" is not a viable option for would-be terrorists. The very fact that there is a 40% success rate in capturing illegals hopping the border would be enough deterrent for a would-be terrorist to obtain a travel visa to guarantee entry, and not be tied up with the law.To add to your hegemony point, Mexico fought briefly in WW2 but hasn't done much to help it's allied countries before or after. Mexico not being a world superpower has very little support to provide the US, but with that being said, even if a wall were to be built and a war were to break out on North American soil, Mexico would most likely have to intervene along with Canada as a war would affect all three countries involved, geographically and otherwise. On top of that, considering the fact that Mexico will not assist in the production of a wall in any way, the US putting her foot down and building the wall the way the US wants it will show that the US still has a backbone and will get what it wants done regardless of who wants to help or not. It will show the world that when America wants something, it'll do it, and that the country still is not one to be messed with. And in all reality, there are many larger factors that can hinder international relations other than a simple border wall, which plenty countries already have. And as long as those countries understand that this border wall is simply for the safety of American citizens and not to keep out law abiding decent people, there shouldn't be a problem.US DebtThe number is actually $21trillion [8], and the wall ($25billion) would be a mere 0.12% of that. If we were to implement the wall the way you wanted, it'd add almost an entire percent to the debt. As I've stated in my previous round, the wall would pay for itself in a couple decades - decreasing the federal spending on illegals, not missing out in billions of tax dollars, draining the prisons of illegals, and saving money in a handful of other areas. On top of all that, with an immigration reform making it easier and less time-consuming to immigrate to the US, there would be significantly more incentive to immigrate legally and contribute to the US economy.I feel like there's more I should say but I think I touched on the economic impact of a wall enough in my first argument.So to summarise...-Mexico does not want a wall, will not pay for it, and your idea of Mexico getting US companies to pay for it will just negatively impact the US economy even more.-Mexico will be obligated to fight alongside America if a war were to break out on US soil, even if it were in order to defend Mexico from becoming a battleground. A wall wouldn't change anything.-The wall as Trump proposes will begin to show a surplus in the long run.Okay thanks byeSources[1] https://homespunvine.com...[2] https://www.usatoday.com...[3] https://countryeconomy.com...[4] http://statisticstimes.com...[5] http://www.bbc.com...[6] https://www.hsgac.senate.gov...[7] https://openborders.info...[8] https://seekingalpha.com...