Sadiq Khan urges Trump to "build bridges not walls"

but do you really think a WALL is going to keep immigrants out?c'mon... seriously... its a WALLmexico does have helicopters you know

He's correct probably not in the way he intended, America need to significantly improve their infrastructure which they for some reason neglect.

So clearly Khan has misunderstood the reasoning behind the wall. As the wall is meant to keep out illegal immigrants from Mexico and other latin american countries (Trump has said before that he wouldn't mind putting a wall so that some immigrants could come in legally).Anyways, what makes me chuckle is that he said “as imperfect as people may say we are, Donald Trump could come to London and see for himself the benefits of integration". I live in London and you tend to notice that there's quite a racial divide, like Bengalis in east London or West Africa/Carribean communities in south London bunch together...So what are your thoughts? Do you agree or disagree with Khan?

This is why we can't trust Muslims..

They preach tolerance and diversity because it is to their advantage. Then when they outnumber you, it's a different story.

Don't be so bloody naive.

Well, I'm a Londoner and agree with Khan.

A large proportion of illegal immigrants do enter the country legally; this wall wouldn't stop them from coming in. I agree with Sadiq Khan.

Citation needed.

http://www.pewhispanic.org/files/factsheets/19.pdf

This one is from 2006, Unfortunately I couldn't find a more recent one.

Did you even read it?

4.5 to 6 million entered legally whilst 6 to 7 million entered illegally. What part of that shows that most immigrants are illegal?
(This is only for 2006, by the way).

A large proportion of illegal immigrants do enter the country legally; this wall wouldn't stop them from coming in. I agree with Sadiq Khan.

It could (partially) address the largest contributing factor to the issue. You link says that most of those there illegally entered by border jumping, making this more difficult by building a wall is a direct way to stop/curb this from happening. It seems as though it would almost certainly cut the numbers coming in and make deportations easier.

Maybe after the largest contributing factor is addressed (partially) they can begin an approach to deal with those using false pretenses to obtain visas.

The wall is a good tool to achieve the goal, it's practically essential. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar or a fool. You don't keep out border jumpers with kind words or empathy or by 'building bridges' and the idea is just an attempt at emotive grandstanding by manipulative @sswipes trying to attain moral superiority so they can dictate to others right and wrong. Enter Sadiq Kahn.

There is already a Mexican - United States border, which consists of 930 km of walls and fencing, yet illegal immigrants still enter through these barriers. If congress were to approve this and the wall were built, it'd have to be a pretty big wall for it to be more effective, it would also have to cross the current virtual borders. This is costly and in my opinion not worth it as millions of jobs depend on illegal immigrant activity and hundreds of billions of dollars of economic activity is produced by illegal immigrants, so it's a loss to workers and economic activity.