How has Trump done at the half-way point in his presidency?

Cor, you had to learn that from a report? Do you guys go out much?

This is incredible at times, because Kim hasn't put everything down two years into Trump's presidency nothing has happened. That is derangement syndrome.

There is no doubt that walls such as the one built in Israel work and work extremely well. I mean, Israel went from daily/weekly terrorist attacks, abductions assaults etc. to next no terrorism whatsoever the moment the wall was completed. The wall works and works fantastically! There is a question as to whether or not a wall is ethical and appropriate but there is no question whatsoever as to whether or not it will work. Personally, I think the US would be much better off stopping immigration by putting an end to its very destructive foreign policy. I mean, there were no Venezuelans immigrating to the US before the US put crippling sanctions on Venezuela. Today Venezuelans make up the second largest group of immigrants to the US.

It was an electoral promise, enough people voted for it and want one, it's an all American affair and whether it works for them is their business. What is beyond doubt, from this safe distance, is that Trump wants to curb illegal immigration and the Democrats want to facilitate it. I have no idea of what makes anyone wish it to thrive, other than people who directly benefit from it somehow.

We could easily say that the Catch and Release Obama policy didn't work very well in terms of deterring illegal immigration. A wall is always going to be more effective than something that actively encourages it like that.

He didnt win the populat vote and this time the democrats were elected by a big majority of the popular vote on the basis of opposing the wall, so just as Trump is carrying out his promise to his voters, th democrats are carrying out theirs.

You're only concerned with frustrating Trump, were the wall a Democrat idea and you'd be singing a different tune altogether. As much as they used to, plenty of clips with their leading figures knocking illegal immigration big time when it was the most lucrative thing to say. Hillary was dead against gay marriage once, can you believe that?

He's done a really good Job. He's kept all of his promises, which is a first for a politician.

Of course not, the people you follow want the border to be as porous as possible and a wall is a bit of an obstacle to that desire. To call someone willng to deter illegal immigration as possible 'vain' is an euphemism expressing how much bother that represents to them. They want to see thousands of people trekking the land, keeping gangs ticking nicely and generally just implementing the Open Borders dream. You want that too, don't you?

Strawman argument. Kindly don't waste my time with nonsensical replies like this.

Look, do you know what the first man-made construction visible from space is? This 'walls don't work' line originates entirely from people engaged in an effort to prevent one from being built at all. It's a line from people interested in facilitating illegal immigration, it's not as if they don't work to some extent in terms of deterring it. Ask Israel.

Ever tried walking towards a wall, only to be stopped dead in your path unable to pass through the bricks?

There you go, tried and tested.

The southern border is not the largest method of illegal immigration into the US. The majority of illegal immigrants enter the country legally, and overstay their visas. A wall will not fix that.

Do you want me to tell you a secret?

People can dig under walls.

Or go around them.

Or enter the country legally and overstay their visas.

Hungary built a wall and cut their illegal immigration by over 90%, while being one of the major routes for refugees to Western Europe. So unless you have some data to suggest this won't be the case for the US...

Actually, the story that the Great Wall of China can been seen from space is a myth. You can't actually see it.

A wall works in Israel because they have the manpower to patrol it constantly, because they have top-of-the-line surveillance and monitoring equipment to help the guards, and because the border is relatively small in length.

On the other hand, the US-Mexico border is over 3 million miles long, and covers rivers and villages. Monitoring and patrolling that wall constantly would be a near impossible task in terms of provision manpower and surveillance equipment.

And as many people have already said, people can just dig under the wall, especially if the wall is not being monitored properly. Cartels have been doing this already for God knows how long.

The southern border is not the largest method of illegal immigration into the US. The majority of illegal immigrants enter the country legally, and overstay their visas. A wall will not fix that.

So why do prisons have walls if they can just dig under? Are you suggesting that if just one person slips through then the whole project is pointless? Or that hundreds of thousands of people are going to burrow like moles and get through?

Hungary built a wall and cut their illegal immigration by over 90%, while being one of the major routes for refugees to Western Europe. So unless you have some data to suggest this won't be the case for the US...

Do you want me to tell you a secret?

People can dig under walls.

Or go around them.

Or enter the country legally and overstay their visas.