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CMV: A border wall is a within a country's right to construct and not inherently xenophobic

I'm on neither extreme: the let everyone in or let nobody in camps. But it's not xenophobic for a country to protect it's borders. Most of us live in safe homes and if a homeless man were to enter against of our will, we are well within our right to remove him, even if it means putting him back onto the dangerous streets. The US is not the bad-guy in this situation and is not being xenophobic. While I do disapprove of my President in nearly every vein, illegal immigration is still just that: illegal. 

The inevitable retort "these are asylum seekers, not aliens" is a good argument. No doubt these people face hardships back home that they wouldn't face here. But this is a slippery slope in my opinion because this definition extends to millions and millions of people, and the US would surely collapse if we were to let all of them in. Of course it wouldn't and that's an extreme example, but somewhere between taking one person and two hundred million is a tipping point that couldn't be reversed.

Thanks for reading. I intend this for debate, not arguing or bickering. I'm open to being convinced and will reward someone a delta if they change my view.
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>But it's not xenophobic for a country to protect it's borders

A border wall is the most expensive most ineffective way to do that. Real border security involves manpower, infrastructure and sensor technology. Nobody is opposed to any of those things. **Nobody wants open borders**. Stop watching Fox News. The only consternation comes from paying billions and billions for a useless wall. 

So if all of the experts say a wall is extremely ineffective, then why do conservatives push for it? Imagery. That’s it. They want the PR of erecting a 30-foot concrete barrier extending to the horizon. Never mind that it will take decades to build and people will just figure out where the wall isn’t built and go there. Never mind that without patrols, a wall do nothing more than slow people down by a matter of minutes.