Border Fence

I do understand that my opponent is busy. I do expect her though to rebut my "Unemployment" argument in the final round. 1) I said it's no secret. But the government spends a great amount of money on other things. Sure the Border Fence is one of them, but as I have stated before, it is for our protection. This is something that WE NEED. I have showed you on multiple occasions that it actually dose prevent immigrants trying to cross the border. Con goes on to say that " They will tunnel under the fence, go around it, though it, or above it, ‘“in some cases in less than a minute”’ Didn't I just state in my previous rounds that the number of immigrants trying to cross has gone down tremendously? Even if they did try to get here through another way, we have border patrol's that secure the whole entire area in which the Border is located. As many have failed trying to get here in their own way, many do fail. 2) Con states " Migrants have been proven able to overcome much more than a 6-mile pedestrian fence, so it is highly unlikely that this deterred them in any significant way." Where's the evidence for your claim? She then goes on to state that I have NEVER gave any evidence to prove that the Border has lowered the rate of immigrants trying to cross....maybe you skipped reading my argument is R3 where it states "Government Accountability Office (GAO) earlier this month, found that the average rate for both violent and property crimes had dropped in the US Southwest border states. Arizona saw the most significant decline, of 33 percent over the seven-year time period. Other decreases were seen in Texas (30 percent), California (26 percent), and New Mexico (eight percent from 2005 onward).Significantly, violent crime was found to be lower in border counties than in non-border counties for all the years examined in three out of the four states -- California, New Mexico and Texas -- with Arizona the only exception." As shown above, cmuch more crimes appear in states with "lower in border counties" than in non-border counties. So how is this not effective? [3] "n Columbus, N.M., a 6-mile pedestrian fence has resulted in decreased apprehensions by 60 percent and a 100 percent decrease in narcotics. “It is clear that the implementation of infrastructure in targeted areas of New Mexico has had a tremendous impact on reducing the volume of apprehensions in those areas,” El Paso Sector Chief " Again, just another example to show the effectiveness. So...how does this not support my claim that it is effective? 3)Con states " Trying to shift the blame does nothing to erase the fact that people do in fact die by the thousands while crossing the border. Pro proposes extending the fence, which will only contribute to the amount of deaths by increasing the risks of crossing. On the other hand, more legal immigration along the lines of the HR-15 plan explained in R2 can counter this harm by providing safe routes for immigrants." It seems as if Con encourages immigrants crossing. I mean, immigrants will cross over the border to brings drugs to America. Our own citizens can die as well from these drugs, also violence. We need to worry about the poverty here in America, before we begin to worry about other's in other countries. According to the Census Beru [1] "The current Population Survey data show that 15 percent of Americans, roughly 46.5 million people, live at or below the government-defined poverty line—which, as most who work with the hungry, the homeless, the uninsured, and the underpaid or unemployed know, is itself an inadequate measure of poverty. By more reasonable measures, poverty in this country is even more pervasive." is it not true to say that we need to worry more about America right now? We don't need to worry about other countries. 4) Now, I couldn't really rebut her argument because she never gave me PROOF that there was any *damage* caused. She then goes on to give me 1 point, after the fact that I tried to make a *rebuttal* It's kind of hard to rebut something when you don't give any proof or evidence to back up your own claim. You kind of just tried to rebut my point after the point was made. Sources: http://www.thenation.com...