RANDOM comments

[Skyon Archer]

It's a hard pill to swallow. Most people will loose site of what he (we) are actually trying to achieve. This shutdown is a result of trying to safeguard our country from an influx of illegal aliens that enter our nation on a constant basis.

Yes, illegal aliens, not immigrants. Immigrants don't cut holes in fences and cross in isolated areas instead of going through an immigration checkpoint. Plain and simple.

Building border walls is not a new thing. Many, many, countries have walls separating them from their neighbors. See this list:

Countries With Border Walls
Country A - Country B - Status - Length (km)
India - Bangladesh - Under construction - 3,268
Pakistan - Afghanistan - Proposed - 2,400
Ukraine - Russia - Under construction - 2,000
Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Completed 2001 - 1,700
India - Burma - Under construction - 1,624
China - North Korea - Under construction - 1,416
Mexico - United States - Proposed - 930
Saudi Arabia - Iraq - Completed 2014 - 900
Uzbekistan - Kyrgyzstan - Completed 1999 - 870
Iran - Pakistan - Under construction - 700
Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Proposed - 650
Malaysia - Thailand - Proposed - 650
India - Pakistan - Completed 2004 - 550
Botswana - Zimbabwe - Completed 2003 - 500
United Arab Emirates - Oman - Under construction - 410
Slovenia - Croatia - Under construction - 400
Belize - Guatemala - Proposed - 266
North Korea - South Korea - Completed 1953 - 248
South Africa - Zimbabwe - Completed 2000s - 225
Uzbekistan - Afghanistan - Completed 2001 - 209
Kuwait - Iraq - Completed 1991 - 193
Hungary - Serbia - Completed 2015 - 175
South Africa - Mozambique - Completed 1975 - 120
Estonia - Russia - Planned - 108
Saudi Arabia - Yemen - Completed 2004 - 75
Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan - Completed 2006 - 45
Hungary - Croatia - Completed 2015 - 41
China - Hong Kong - Completed 1960s - 32
Macedonia - Greece - Completed 2015 - 30
Bulgaria - Turkey - Completed 2014 - 30
Brunei - Malaysia - Completed 2005 - 20
Spain (Melilla) - Morroco - Completed 1998 - 11
Spain (Ceuta) - Morroco - Completed 2001 - 8
Egypt - Palestine - Completed 1979 - 3