San Diego-Based KUSI: CNN Disinvited Our Journalist Because We Reported Border Wall ‘Does Work’

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or it could be because KUSI is the minor league news station of San Diego.
 
Why are we even bothering with this? Most people here illegally simply enter legally and never leave. Read up on previous attempts to build a more limited wall in the mid 2000’s. The land right issues and quirks of the boarder, especially with respect to the Rio Grande, make things way more complicated than a campaign slogan. Also mind you this is Breitbart.
 
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Why are we even bothering with this? Most people here illegally simply enter legally and never leave.
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I do not understand this line of reasoning. Do not do solve part of the problem because it will not solve the entire problem? This is clearly making the perfect the enemy of the good. Am I missing something?
 
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Why are we even bothering with this? Most people here illegally simply enter legally and never leave. Read up on previous attempts to build a more limited wall in the mid 2000’s. The land right issues and quirks of the boarder, especially with respect to the Rio Grande, make things way more complicated than a campaign slogan. Also mind you this is Breitbart.
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While overstays are significant, they are not the largest group.

Yes adding the wall comes with challenges but many many links have been shared here showing Border Patrol thinks more wall is essential for doing their job well. This isn’t just a ‘campaign slogan’ it’s need is well grounded.

Regarding the OP, the local news made clear their position and obviously it wasn’t the narrative CNN is trying to portray, which is clear from all their other stories ( WALL BAD )
 
Thanks for the link and a valid angle.

One does not negate the value other and there are major differences between the two. Visa holders are screened when they come in the country, so the criminal element would be much lower.

I would also like to learn more details on their typical profile, whether they are more like students, do they work illegally, do they overstay a month or two or years.

Not asking you to answer this, just questions and I’ll need to do more research. We do need a better grip on overstays, especially if they are a significant cost to taxpayers.
 
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We do need a better grip on overstays, especially if they are a significant cost to taxpayers.
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Personally I see even the overstays are lessening. We have workers with seasonal visas. This year they scheduled a visit but an early snowstorm put off some outdoor work. By the time the snow melted, they had already returned, though I wish they could have asked for an extension.

Incidentally they pay taxes so the cost may be a little exaggerated.
 
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I’m actually not sure how the data parse out on crimes committed by visa overstays vs. border crossers. Whether or not foreign nationals are prosecuted - documented or not - may depend on where they’re from and how much money they have. For example, this news just broke in my area. Gone: More cases emerge of Saudi students vanishing while facing Oregon charges - oregonlive.com

Seeing as citizens commit a lot less crime than undocumented immigrants, this issue doesn’t keep me up at night.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1745-9125.12175

https://www.cato.org/publications/i...f/criminal-immigrants-texas-illegal-immigrant (Biased source but pretty solid research).
 
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Here is an article with some detail on the source of visa overstays

Student and exchange visa holders are more likely to overstay than any of their peers, although a large proportion of that rate is attributable to students who do leave eventually. Unsurprisingly, fewer than one percent of arrivals from Visa Waiver Program countries overstay, indicating that the program is relatively successful.

By contrast, about two percent of B1/B2 visa holders overstay their visas, and about two percent of the “other” category. It is unclear what proportion of the other category’s overstays is attributable to temporary workers, although the other groups included therein are more likely to either leave with their diplomatic charge or to change their status to a permanent family preference visa.
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