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Let’s spend our money aiding Mexicans, not walling them out

This Jan. 25, 2017, file photo shows a truck driving near the Mexico-US border fence, on the Mexican side, separating the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, New Mexico.
This Jan. 25, 2017, file photo shows a truck driving near the Mexico-US border fence, on the Mexican side, separating the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, New Mexico. Christian Torres AP

Donald Trump’s wall will be an ecological disaster. Typical of wars, it will wreak irrevocable destruction far outside the theater of battle. It is totally unnecessary, a simplistic solution to a complex problem, like most of Donald’s policies. Equivalent money should be spent aiding the Mexican economy to reduce the incentive for migration.

Peter Bresler, Los Osos

This story was originally published March 26, 2017 at 6:11 PM with the headline "Let’s spend our money aiding Mexicans, not walling them out."

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