Former President Donald Trump’s idea of prioritizing the construction of a large border wall that would cross several states bordering Mexico has gained popularity over the years among the Hispanic community in the United States.
This is attested to by a study originally published by the media Axios with the endorsement of the Ipsos demoscopy and subsequently disseminated by the Epoch Times, which indicates that the 42% of said community would agree with this measure. For 2021, support for it ranged around 38%.
Originally this construction was intended to cover states such as California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, with a total extension of 458 total miles. However, the project was stopped as soon as Democrat Joe Biden arrived at the White House, only being completed in some sections.
As Us News points out, much of Trump’s project actually consisted of reinforcing sections of the wall that had already been erected during previous presidential terms, giving the fence a better structure, more technology and better lighting.
Paradoxically, Biden based a good part of his 2020 electoral campaign on the demonization of this measure promoted by the former Republican president. However, at the end of last year it was learned that the current United States Government Administration had decided to resume construction of a section of the wall that is 32 kilometers long in the state of Texas.
Concern about immigration overflow
The surge in popularity experienced by said wall probably has to do with the overflow of illegal immigration that the North American country is currently facing, in the midst of a situation in which the White House has not shown much effectiveness in stopping the waves of people. that enter US territory daily.
In 2023, the United States Border Patrol reported more than two million illegal entries across the country’s southern border. So far this year, the authorities estimate that income They are already around 880,000.
It is not in vain that the issue of illegal immigration has resonated in recent months as one of those that raises biggest concerns in the average American, ahead of the November elections.
In February of this year, in the midst of an internal dispute to choose the Republican standard-bearer for the presidential elections, former President Trump stressed that if he returns to the White House “he will have no choice” other than to lead “the largest deportation in history.” from United States.
«It will be the largest deportation in the history of our country and we have no other option. It’s not a nice thing to say and I hate to say it. Those media clowns will say, ‘Oh, it’s so bad.’ He is… No, no. They are killing our people. “They are killing our country, they are killing our people, we have no choice,” he stated.