In September, San Diego’s KPBS reported that a Department of Homeland Security test carried out by the U.S. military and border patrol agents back in 2017 showed that steel slat prototypes of President Trump’s border wall could be cut through using common tools. of Homeland Security testing of a steel slat prototype for border wall proved it could be cut through with a saw, according to a report by DHS. The design had been used by previous administrations, but this particular prototype was built under the current administration, according to NBC News. Among those hardest hit are African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans,” Trump said during a national television address from the Oval Office Tuesday. “All of which include funding for strong, sensible, and effective border security – not the president’s ineffective and expensive wall.”Despite Trump’s claim, illegal immigration from Mexico has been steadily declining for a decade.

Source: Huffington Post January 10, 2019 23:03 UTC