Quote:Had you actually read the link I posted you would know the cost and time it takes to create new tunnels is not what you claim it is. You are arguing in circles and sound ridiculous. Cartels are using illegals to mule drugs across the border today, but you have it in your head they won't risk a cross over in interests. Even though they are already doing it (and raping plenty of desperate young women in the process). A wall is not a solution that will prevent illegals from coming into the country. Period. And Mexico's not [BAD WORD REMOVED] paying for it either. It is myopic to make this multi-billion dollar endeavor the keystone to a campaign. There is such better use for that money than to squander it on a very expensive symbol of our nation's dislike for illegal immigration. It would be a monument to our stupidity.

 

Here you go with the sky being blue again.  

 

Yes, cartels use drug mules regularly.  They body carry through the ports of entry.  They hide drugs in hidden compartments of vehicles going through the ports of entry.  They get poor people who can't afford the cost to cross to backpack drugs across in the deserts.  However, they don't and have no need to use drug mules in narco tunnels.  The cartel does it themselves.  

 

As far as your tldr 31 slide powerpoint article you posted, give me the cliff notes.  I'm not clicking through 31 pages of facebook clickbait.  

 

I guess there is no arguing with you if you believe these tunnels are quick, easy, and cheap to make.  Successful tunnels are the cartel's highest dollar assets.  They involve bringing on architects and engineers.  They involve buying a building in Mexico.  They involve buying a building in the United States.  They sometimes involve buying a puppet business to mask the trafficking on both sides of the border.  They involve the materials for exhaust, lighting, tracks, support struts, concrete, etc.  They involve the labor they pay.  Digging 20-50 feet deep in sand and extending it under two cities worth of infrastructure like water, sewage, electrical, etc and extending it 100-500 feet into the United States undetected isn't easy.  They spend millions on these things with the expectation that they will recoup the money on the 1st or 2nd load that gets away.  They give 0 4-letter words about getting an illegal alien across.  Bringing illegals across is living wage money for the grunts of the organization.  It's an aside.  

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