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matt819

(10,749 posts) Fri Oct 26, 2018, 12:00 AM Oct 2018

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Closing the Mexico border

Some observations:

This from the bureau of transportation statistics: In 2015 the U.S. transportation system moved a daily average of about 49.3 million tons of freight valued at more than $52.5 billion. Note the use of the word daily.

More stats: there are 48 US - Mexico border crossings, and more then a million people cross daily.

He’s insane.

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Closing the Mexico border (Original Post) matt819 Oct 2018 OP

It is only migrants of all types he is stopping. Not business or trade. applegrove Oct 2018 #1

He is proposing closing the border to all immigrants, not to everybody. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author sinkingfeeling Oct 2018 #3

Maybe Mexico will then close it to all American citizens. sinkingfeeling Oct 2018 #4

applegrove

(118,676 posts)

1. It is only migrants of all types he is stopping. Not business or trade.

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Fri Oct 26, 2018, 12:07 AM

Oct 2018

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,719 posts)

2. He is proposing closing the border to all immigrants, not to everybody.

Reply to matt819 (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2018, 12:10 AM

Oct 2018

But that's bad enough.

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sinkingfeeling This message was self-deleted by its author.

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)

4. Maybe Mexico will then close it to all American citizens.

Reply to matt819 (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2018, 08:15 AM

Oct 2018

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