A wall is a medieval solution for a modern problem. The problem of illegal immigration is as much an American economic issue as it is any other nationu2019s, American employers want them and hire them with impunity. The ugly truth is that we need more immigration, not less. Talk to a farmer, a building contractor, the director of a hospital, or the CEO of a computer company. They need more immigrants to prosper.The problem of drugs is also an American one. No Colombian, Mexican or Chinese drug cartel smuggles their products into the States just hoping theyu2019ll find a market. The market is here. Itu2019s HUGE. Itu2019s hungry. It distorts our economy by creating an army of Americans unable to contribute to the economy or to care for their families. The social cost is enormous as legions of children grow up in care or in the midst of addiction.Our thirst for illegal drugs has destroyed the social fabric of Mexico, too, as narco traffickers have corrupted law enforcement, murdered their opponents, and terrorized the populace. That is OUR DEMAND, not their supply. A wall will do absolutely nothing significant to impede that traffic. The drug traffic is not a fire hose aimed at us from abroad. It is a gigantic vacuum hose pointed at the world by us.