The Best Resources We've Found on Trump's Wall with Mexico and the Impact of Proposed Tariffs

Source: The Economist - Free Trader turned Game Changer

California Can Stop Trump’s Wall In Court, Warns State Official

​Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom says the president-elect’s border barrier is “never going to happen.”

​Mexico will "pay for the wall" by a 20% tariff on Mexican imports?   NO Americans Pay
You do realize who pays that tax, right? WE DO. 

http://www.npr.org/.../trumps-suggested-import-tax-would...
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Oh, and also, this.  Brittanica:   "Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, formally United States Tariff Act of 1930, also called Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act,  U.S. legislation (June 17, 1930) that raised import duties to protect American businesses and farmers, adding considerable strain to the international economic climate of the Great Depression. ... Some observers have argued that by deepening the Great Depression the tariff may have contributed to the rise of political extremism, enabling leaders such as Adolf Hitler to improve their political strength and gain power."

​***** What will really happen*****

President Trump calls for 20% increase in US food prices to pay for his wall 

“U.S. imports of agricultural products from Mexico totaled $21 billion in 2015, our 2nd largest supplier of agricultural imports. Leading categories include: fresh vegetables ($4.8 billion), other fresh fruit ($4.3 billion), wine and beer ($2.7 billion), snack foods ($1.7 billion), and processed fruit & vegetables ($1.4 billion).”

https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/mexico
Mexico | United States Trade Representative
U.S. goods and services trade with Mexico totaled an estimated $583.6 billion in 2015. Exports were $267.2 billion; imports were $316.4 billion. The U.S. goods and services trade deficit with Mexico was -$49.2 billion in 2015.
USTR.GOV

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Walls are Not Effective  nor Cost Effective 

Why a Wall Won't Stop Immigration

Fun,but real video.

An Engineer Explains Why Trump’s Wall Is So Implausible​

The challenge of Trump’s border wall is not technical, but logistical. http://www.nationalmemo.com/an-engineer-explains-why-trumps-wall-is-so-implausible/

A 75-mile-wide gap in Trump’s wall? A tribe says it won’t let it divide its land

Tohono O’odham Nation, a Native American reservation the size of Connecticut that for thousands of years extended south into Sonora, Mexico.

Wall cost: up to $40 billion dollars.

Bad Math Props Up Trump’s Border Wall.  Set aside the questions of whether it’s wise to put a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border or who should pay for it. It simply can’t be done at the price Donald Trump has claimed.  - Technology Review

Trump's Wall Threatens 111 Endangered Species​

USFWS estimates that the project will “potentially impact” 111 endangered species, 108 species of migratory bird, four wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries, and an unknown number of protected wetlands. 
www.outsideonline.com/2075761/trumps-wall-threatens-111-endangered-species-Outside Magazine

Immigrants other Than Mexicans

In 2013, for the first time, more than a third of migrants whom the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended were not Mexican.​ If We Lose Mexico's assistance in stopping central americans at their southern border, the problem will get worse.  WOLA