President Trump spoke directly to the American people about the threat of illegal immigration last night in an address from the oval office.
The President, who is currently fighting with congressional Democrats over border wall security, took to TV last night to implore Americans to support the building of an almost $6 billion border wall.
The President first noted that mass quantities of illegal drugs have been and are being brought into the United States from across the U.S.-Mexico border. He said, “Our southern border is a pipeline for mass quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl.”
He continued, “Every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone, 90 percent of which floods across for our southern border.”
President Trump then noted that the drug crisis in America costs the country nearly $500 billion annually, a significant number compared to the price of the border wall, which he says will quickly pay itself off.
President Trump then noted that at the request of congressional Democrats, he has agreed to make the border wall out of steel instead of brick, as he initially intended.
The President then went on to site the several cases in which illegal immigrants who crossed over the Southern border were arrested in the U.S. for crimes including murder, dismemberment,…
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