critical to border security. it's also what professionals at the border want and need. this is just common sense. the border wall would very quickly pay for itself. the cost of illegal drugs exceeds $500 billion a year. vastly more than the $5.7 billion we have requested from congress. the wall will also be paid for indirectly by the great new trade deal we have made with mexico. senator chuck schumer who you will be hearing from later tonight has repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with other democrats. they changed their mind only after i was elected president. democrats in congress have refused to acknowledge the crisis and they have refused to