The United States Should Build a Border Fence

Back to the debate. My CaseI. Necessary Security My opponent's arguments seems everyone a bit, but I will start with defending my case before going after his. I only really see small argument against security. One is that he argues Mexican born illegal immigrants are only "50 to 60 percent of the problem" and he cited Pew Hispanic for this, but the problem with that is 50 to 60 percent is still a lot of people. The rest come from "Latin America, Europe and Asia" he says, but we know for a fact that Latin American illegal immigrants are going north through Mexico up the American border the same way Mexican illegals are. What we really need to look it is how many illegal immigrants cross the border total and with that I'm talking numbers, not just percentages. I gave a number previously of 290,000 as of July 2014. At the time, massive amounts of illegals were crossing as a result of President Obama's action and rhetoric that summer. Bringing a more yearly number from 2012, over 350,000 illegals cross that year, so overall it is the same trend and consider that my numbers for 2014 were only just up toJuly. [1][2][3]I really don't consider this a strong argument because it only focuses on illegal immigrants born into Mexico, when there are many other illegal immigrants coming from other nations who can cross into the United States via Mexico. The numbers simply don't lie and there will always be a strong flow of people into the United States because the border with Mexico is so easy to cross. The bottom line is that people will still cross here as long as the opportunity lets them. My opponent seems to concede the point how much illegal immigrants cost to the United States in taxpayer money. Smuggling will also be prevented by the fence, but I want my opponent to explain how this will be "costly. "II. Cost EffectiveI actually think the fence is going to be as expensive as you put because of one thing you left out: terrain. There is some terrain that no one is able to pass or get through on the Mexican-American border and thus there would be no need for a fence there, but instead other measures if a few people coming into the U. S. from Mexico plan to take a highly difficult route. The U. S. Senate debated what I am debating, 700 miles of fence, and I'm sorry to Con if this was not clear. This is where my costs come from, so it's even cheaper than people think. [4]I want to also say that there guard stations each ten miles apart, which allows for quick movement to people trying to get across the fence via car. This means not many as many people are needed as believed. In fact, border patrol agents currently working would simply be diverted to working the fence rather than hunting for border patrol agents. RefutationsI. EnvironmentThis is really the only opposition I see from my opponent and it is wrong. Many places if they are roads, or fences, or railroads, or canals have wildlife crossings. The same can do with water by simply using a piping and protection system. [5]Sources 1. Tilford, Robert. "Fences Going up to Keep People out All over the World. "Examiner. com. Examiner, 7 Mar. 2012. Web. 13 Jan. 2015. 2. Dinan, Stephen. "Arrest Numbers Signal 9 Percent Jump in Illegal Immigration in 2012. " Washington Times. The Washington Times, 29 Jan. 2013. Web. 15 Jan. 2015.3. Plumer, Brad. "Study: The U. S. Stops about Half of Illegal Border Crossings from Mexico. " Washington Post. The Washington Post, 13 May 2013. Web. 15 Jan. 2015. 4. Dinan, Stephen. "Senate Set to Vote on Border Fence Amendment in Immigration Bill. " Washington Times. The Washington Times, 18 June 2013. Web. 15 Jan. 2015.5. . http://eco-resolutions.com...;