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Need a wall from brownsville to san diego, no, but we need a wall in a lot of places to make it much harder for the industrialized crime by the cartels moving drugs and people into our country illegally. >> all right. when you talk about a wall, though, you know, the white house is also saying terrorism is a part of this. that terrorists are coming in. why would a wall stop a terrorist who really wanted to come in? >> its again, why do you put a fence around a place that youre trying to deny acc...

Street gang members, some sexual predators and frustrated drug smuggling attempts at the same time. thats a few days. only one region of the border. how do these people get into our country and might a wall stop the flow of illegals who pose ao criminal and possible national security threat to our citizens? well, i disagree with the good people the president referenced earlier. now is the time to talk about the wall and to awaken citizens to the ongoing threat posed by an open border. and partic...

♪ the immigration debate begins today on the senate floor. the president demands, as you know, a wall be built on the border with mexico. but will a wall stop illegal immigration and human smuggling? cnns leyla santiago is live in mexico city with all of her reporting from the border. tell us what youve learned. >> well, to get to the bottom of the very question, we headed to the border. mexicos southern border because often what happens there is an indicator of what will happen on the u.s./...

>> and everybody just decided, were going to overstay our visa and compromise our visa and now were going to be in the united states illegally? >> we are here to stay because we exerted our life, body, mind and soul just to work and contribute a lot. >> reporter: will a wall stop people coming from the philippines? >> no. >> no. because we came here legally with a visa. >> reporter: you cant swim from the philippines here. >> no. but it doesnt make a difference. >> reporter: that would be a far ...

Im from. >> reporter: will you go back there any time soon? >> i cant because i wont be able to come back to america because im undocumented. >> reporter: as immigration from latin america declines, asian are to be the biggest group by 2055. thats your brother? >> yes. >> reporter: your fiancee? >> yes. >> reporter: youre undocumented? >> yes. >> reporter: how about you? >> same. >> reporter: also undocumented? >> yeah. >> reporter: did everybody come here on an airplane? >> yeah, yeah. >> repor...

>> yeah. >> did everybody come here on an airplane? >> yeah. yeah. >> you all flew here? >> yeah. >> tourist visa. >> tourist visa, everybody. and everybody just decided were going to overstay our visa, compromise our visa and now we are going to be to be in the united states illegally. >> we are here to stay because we exerted our life effort, our body and soul, our mind, yes, just to work and to contribute a lot. >> will a wall stop people coming from the philippines? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> b...

>> was there any hint what budget they maybe moving the money from, if it is in the homeland security budget? we havent heard anything and we have to anticipate where it will come from tomorrow and of course he will stay things to kind of take the focus off the money, the funding and where it will come from, the ways and the means to pay for this, but talk about more so the kinds of jobs that it would bring to this country to build this wall and the problem is, again, wheres the money going to c...

How much latitude he has on the appropriations to move in to building a wall that will cost probably $50 billion. if it will span from the pacific to the gulf were not talking about stringing fence and centers, we are talking billions of dollars and those moneys just arent there and they certainly arent proepuated fappropriated >> was there any hint what budget they maybe moving the money from, if it is in the homeland security budget? we havent heard anything and we have to anticipate where it ...

State and 300 miles of vehicle barriers according to customs and border protection. old metal plates, steel mesh and vertical polls which anyone can walk under or over. a wall trump argues is more effective. >> they symbolize the idea of restricting movement and protecting american jobs, but in terms of actually preventing movement at the border, building a wall is not a very effective strategy. >> when fences are backed by agents, cameras and sensors, evidence shows wall stop immigrants and det...