I think this talk about whether the wall is justified really misses the point. If there is a wall built, it will not stop illegal immigration. The immigrants will simply climb over it or go around it. Refusing to appropriate funds for this wall will not help immigrants who are kept out because of quotas and other irrational, unconstitutional policies. It will just keep the government shut down for no good reason.

I remember the first time I saw the government get shut down. It was in the mid-1990's. The reason? Republicans wanted to pass a budget that would balance within seven years according to CBO projections. President Clinton would not agree with this. He wanted to pass a fake balanced budget where the OMB could fudge the numbers. The Republicans refused to pass a budget that did not balance according to CBO projections, so the government shut down for several months.

Now, that was a legitimate reason. But this is just absurd. Give the guy his stupid wall. It doesn't matter anyway.