Debbie Lesko talks about her visit to the border between the United States and Mexico. She spoke with Customs and Border Protection about the challenges they have to deal with. They spoke about how it is much more than just illegal immigrants, it also includes illegal drug smuggling, human trafficking, and dangerous cartels. When she asked the people working the border if they thought a wall would help, they felt that it would.
Lesko continues on that a wall would indeed help the issues because of the nature of a wall. She gives examples of other places in which wall has helped. She brings up the wall that was built in 2000 in Tucson, Arizona and how it decreased border arrests by 90% over the next fifteen years. In 2005 a wall was built in Yuma, Arizona where border arrests decreased by 95% over the next nine years.
She finishes her article by saying that it is going to take more than just a wall to make these issues go away, but the wall is the first step. The wall then needs to be accompanied by additional border patrol agents and enhanced technology to establish a respect for our border.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/18/we-need-build-u-s-mexico-border-wall-work-rep-lesko-editorial-debate/2355309002/