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Border Walls Are Self-Defeating

Fortifying the southern border is self-defeating because building a wall first requires constructing access roads across the Chihuahua and Sonora deserts, which obviates half of the continent's greatest natural barrier; an unpatrolled desert border is more secure against illegal migration than a fortified one, making Trump effectively the most pro-illegal-migrant president in history.

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Speaker

Peter Zeihan

Evidence Quote

an unpatrolled border is much more secure at keeping out illegal migrants than one that is fortified because to fortify it you have to build the infrastructure that allows the people to cross

Source

355 - A Falling WorldMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:20:56 AM

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