{"id":23951,"date":"2018-10-30T15:54:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=23951"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:54:52","slug":"will-trumps-wall-become-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/will-trumps-wall-become-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Trump\u2019s wall become a reality?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23952 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-26-at-13.30.57-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Image courtesy of DonkeyHotey via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/donkeyhotey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Democratic strategist, Adrienne Elrod denounced Donald Trump\u2019s accusation of democrats\u2019 role in the lack of border security live on Fox News.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump\u2019s crusade against Mexican immigration continues as he has announced he will be deploying 800 U.S. troops to halt the arrival of a caravan of 5,000 Central American migrants walking through Southern Mexico to the U.S. border. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He has recently tweeted that the Democrats are to blame for the incoming caravan because they make it \u201ctough\u201d to \u201cstop people at the Border\u201d. He then followed that with a message to the Caravan declaring: \u201cGo back to your Country and if you want, apply for citizenship like millions of others are doing!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brandon Judd of the National Border Patrol Council is right when he says on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxandfriends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@foxandfriends<\/a> that the Democrat inspired laws make it tough for us to stop people at the Border. MUST BE CHANDED, but I am bringing out the military for this National Emergency. They will be stopped!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1055414972635926528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The effectiveness of the deployment of these troops is unknown, as troops do not have the authority to detain or arrest anyone legally. They are solely providing \u201clogistical support\u201d to the border patrol agents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the dawn of Donald Trump\u2019s presidency, he has advocated for an end to illegal immigration\u2013with the added help of a Game of Thrones-like wall to be built along the border between the U.S. and Mexico. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To those in the Caravan, turnaround, we are not letting people into the United States illegally. Go back to your Country and if you want, apply for citizenship like millions of others are doing!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1055527191235227648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although the wall has not officially begun being built, Trump has been attempting to put forth efforts to stop immigrants south of the border from coming into the U.S. throughout his term. In April 2018, he signed a proclamation directing the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border. Shortly after, he stated: \u201cThe lawlessness that continues at our southern border is fundamentally incompatible with the safety, security and sovereignty of the American people.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Democrats are against Trump\u2019s proposition for a 30 foot high, 2,000 mile wall alongside the border. Elrod iterated the wall is not \u201ccost-effective\u201d and all that is needed is more border security. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Words: Salvi Shahlaie | Subbing: Harry Lye<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image courtesy of DonkeyHotey via Flickr Democratic strategist, Adrienne Elrod denounced Donald Trump\u2019s accusation of democrats\u2019 role in the lack of border security live on Fox News. 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