Making decisions, and investing, on bad assumptions is simply bad leadership. The stated claim is Mexico is sending illegal immigrants across the border in droves. Most illegal immigrants are people from advanced countries, often with an education, who overstay their visa limits. Most border crossing illegal immigrants today are minors from Central America simply trying to stay alive. President Trump has "whipped up" a lot of popular anxiety with his claims about illegal Mexican immigrants and the need to build a border wall.

Source: Forbes January 29, 2017 02:20 UTC