My opinion

 And so the big discussion is now about building the wall. The cost is estimated to be 5 Billion dollars. Sounds like a lot of money doesn't it? How does over 100 billion sound?  That is the estimated cost of illegal immigration. That means it is 95% more costly than the cost of building said wall. Strange how the government encourages and in some instances subsidizes solar energy, ie: solar panels and windmills, in an attempt to save even 10% of the cost of conventional energy. And that begs the question, why wouldn't you spend 5 Billion to build a wall that could potentially save many times that amount? A saving of even 10% would be twice the cost of building the wall! And there is no dispute that walls work. 

 The United States spends in excess of 150 Billion a year on overseas bases. That's correct, over 150 Billion a year to maintain military installations in foreign countries. Yet spending 5 billion to construct what basically amounts to a fence on our southern boarder is an issue? How many people in the United States build a fence around their property to keep out unwanted animals and people? We build fences for privacy. We build fences for security. But the country shouldn't do that? Why is that, someone please explain to me why that is wrong? Are we building a fence to say no one can immigrate to our country? No, we are building a wall to say this is our boarder, clearly defined and delineated, you require permission to enter. No different than buying a ticket to the movies really, got a ticket come on in, sneak in and get thrown out! Without that ticket, without that permission you are a trespasser! 

 The government is shut down. Well 25% of it is. Everyone will still get paid, just delayed a bit. Let's not forget this isn't the first time. Obama did the same to get his Obama care package threw. The fact is the government has been shut down 18 times before this since 1976. Ford, Carter, Reagan, George HW Bush and Clinton all shut down the government. All of them trying to get their way! I do think it is disgraceful when the tactic is, I want this and if I don't get it I'll refuse you that. And that is basically what is happening. Trump wants the wall but the Democrats want DACA and a host of other programs. No wall unless they get what they want regardless of any other considerations. 

 Ah but then we are talking about the Federal government and the rule of law. The thing is that law is flexible enough to allow just about anything if you have the correct team of lawyers and judges. Let's not forget the Supreme court only issues their opinion, the Supreme court doesn't write the law. And so in the end it all boils down to a matter of opinion. Spend 5 Billion in the hope of saving 50 Billion? That's if the wall could reduce illegal entry into our country by half. Seems worth it to me, but that's my opinion. Pay me now or pay me later. If you are an investor and realize a 10% return on your investments that is considered good. A return of 7% isn't too shabby either. Yet the Democrats refuse to invest in a wall with the protentional to give a significant return in savings. The same bunch that is telling me to invest in solar, which rarely shows any return at all! I'm told to stay in it for the long haul, keep pouring dollars into that tech. Well, that's their opinion.

 In my opinion, we build the wall. Immigration policy remains pretty much as it is. Apply for a green card, apply for asylum, apply for citizenship, apply for whatever you like. The bottom line is you have to apply and will only be granted entry after you get your ticket! The wall will have a door in it, you need a ticket to pass, simple concept really. If I rob the bank that isn't an undocumented withdrawal no matter how much the need for that money is. If I sneak into a foreign country that doesn't make me an undocumented citizen! What it makes me is a criminal in a foreign land, subject to the jurisdiction of that nation and its' laws. That's my opinion.