01-11-2019, 10:15 AM
(01-11-2019, 09:18 AM)Maggot Wrote: I thought it was karma when Trump went to the border and just a few towns over they found 21 bodies from the drug war going on. Nothing on the news though because there are no drug dealers fighting near the border right?
I read about it in the news Mags. The bodies were found in a cartel-occupied town in Mexico, 50 miles from the Texas border. Mexican authorities believe the massacre was the result of a bitter gang war.
The cartels don't send drugs over in backpacks with people trying to sneak into the U.S. or apply for asylum on foot, of course. They get drugs into the U.S. primarily through official ports of entry. It's not an 'immigration' problem. It's a drug smuggling problem.
So, The Wall wouldn't put a dent in the drug smuggling problem. But, better detection technology/processes and programs to reduce the demand for the drugs in the U.S. would address drug smuggling across the border.