Name: 壁はなぜ移民を止められないのか (Why a Wall Won't Stop Immigration)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T06:31:25.000Z
Duration: 5 min 43 s
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Illegal immigration is out of control, our borders are unprotected

There are people here illegally, totally wrecking our economy.

A wall could put an end to illegal immigration.

Building a wall would actually increase the number of illegal immigrants in America.

Just building a wall would be practically impossible.

It would have to stretch over 2,000 miles of rough terrain.

Cutting through mountains, rivers, villages, and even people's homes.

And all that destruction is monstrously expensive.

Just building a wall would cost between 15-25 billion dollars.

It would easily be one of the single most expensive piece of infrastructure in American history!

Costing as much as 20 Hoover Dams, or NASA's entire annual budget.

This one small step for man... One giant wall for no reason.

Not to mention the astronomical cost of staffing and maintaining the wall.

Which taxpayers like you and your children will be stuck paying, forever.

I paid for the wall. My father's father paid for the wall. And one day you will pay for the wall.

Even just faking the wall for our show is prohibitively expensive.

OK. Yes. It may be expensive but that doesn't change the fact that once we build it, it will work.

Increasing security at the border, will NEVER stop illegal immigration.

Yes they are. Because it's estimated between 27%-40% of all undocumented immigrants in America, came here on PLANES.

These immigrants didn't sneak over the border!

They came here legally! Through passport control, then just overstayed their visas.

and guess what, border walls are not gonna stop them because

YOU FOOLS! YOU FORGOT ABOUT PLANES! WE ALWAYS FORGET ABOUT PLANES.

Even by your estimate of VISA over-stays, the wall would still stop about half of American's eleven million illegal immigrants.

Because of a little something called: circular flow.

For decades, immigrations to the U.S. was a circular flow.

People would come, work for a bit; and then after they were done, they would go home to their families.

Thanks Adam, my arms are getting pretty tired waiting for my cue.

He's a professor at Princeton, and a pioneering researcher on this topic.

When the Regan Bush administrations drastically increase border enforcement in response to public opinion, they stopped that circular flow.

Not by keeping people out, but by keeping people in.

As it got harder and harder to go back and forth, people crossing the border decided they were much better off just staying in the U.S!

If I go back to Mexico now, he won't let me back in the U.S.! I guess I'll just stay here. In Tucson.

Ironically, this increase in border enforcement caused a number of undocumented immigrants living in the United States to skyrocket, by 248%.

It's counter-intuitive, but building a wall wouldn't stop people from coming in. It would actually stop them from going back.

In fact, the whole idea of building a border wall is misguided.

The Mexican economy is doing quite well right now.

And population growth is slowed way down.

So there's not much pressure to immigrate.

The number of illegal border crossings, is actually at an all-time low.

If you're a professor, then why are you in the desert?

Look, we already have what has to be the most militarized border between any two nations at peace.

So the real issue of immigration isn't the people coming in.

Nearly 1 out of every 30 people in America is an unauthorized immigrant!

The only thing a wall stops, is the discussion of actual solutions.

Oh my god! Adam you're right! The wall isn't the answer!

When we return I'll tell you why deportation is no solution at all on... Alfonso Explains Everything.

Hey guys! Adam here. If you liked that, be sure to watch new episodes of Adam Ruins Everything every Tuesday at 10, on TruTV.