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LAW AND BORDER: Despite Donald Trump’s claims to the contrary, a finished barrier across the Mexico border won’t stop the flow of drugs and dirty money into the United States.
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IN EVERY place and every era—from ancient China to East Germany—walls have created fractures, divisions, injustice. So when a politician announces the construction of a wall, the first question we should ask is: What is its purpose? And then: Will it make things better or worse?