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Donald Trump has claimed a city 157 miles away from the Mexico with no border wall is a perfect example of how border walls work. The President made the comments about San Antonio, Texas, as the country was in the 29th day of its shutdown over a standoff with Congress over the funding of his wall. He said: ‘Everybody knows that walls work. You look at different places they put up a wall, no problem. You look at San Antonio. You look at so many different places. {“@context”:“https:\/\/schema.org”,“@type”:“VideoObject”,“name”:“Metro.co.uk”,“duration”:“T20S”,“thumbnailUrl”:“https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/01\/20\/09\/8754132-0-image-a-1_1547977139058.jpg”,“uploadDate”:“2019-01-20T09:37:01+0000”,“description”:“The city is located 150 miles north of the border and does not feature a border wall”,“contentUrl”:“https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2019\/01\/20\/1361591675448083470\/480x270_MP4_1361591675448083470.mp4”,“height”:270,“width”:480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video San Antonio is 157 miles away from the Mexican border (Picture: Google/ Metro.co.uk) ‘They go from one of the most unsafe cities in the country to one of the safest cities, immediately, immediately.’ If he was hoping that example would inspire Congress to give him the money, then he might want to rethink which city he uses, as San Antonio is around a two-and-a-half hour drive away from the nearest border crossing. Rita Ora ‘cleansed’ herself of ex-boyfriends by getting a new phone number Admittedly, San Antonio used to have the Alamo Wall, which was built in in the 18th century. However, it was torn down by the Mexican army in 1836 so it may not be the best example of how successful a wall can be. Trump may have intended to reference El Paso – which is on the border – a place which he called ‘one of the most dangerous cities in the country.’ He might want to check on his geography (Picture: AP) But statistics show El Paso had the third lowest violent crime rate among 35 US cities with a population over 500,000 in 2005, 2006 and 2007. However, the city’s violent crime rate increased 5.5% from 2007 to 2010 — the years before and after construction of a border fence, which was completed in mid-2009. Currently, all nine representatives who represent border areas in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California oppose the wall, including Republican Will Hurd, whose district includes 820 miles of the border. Around 800,000 federal employees have now gone without pay for a month in the longest government shutdown in US history, with many being expected to work for free. Last night, Trump said he would extend protection for immigrants brought to the US illegally as children in exchange for $5.7 billion (£4.5 billion) to build his wall. There was a wall in San Antonio in the 18th century – but it was torn down by the Mexican army so may not be the best example of a security measure (Picture: Getty) He said his plan would protect the deportation of hundreds of thousands of young ‘Dreamers’ for three years if the Democrats paid for the 230-mile long wall. But the Democrats rejected the proposal and called on Trump to re-open the government first. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the expected proposal for ending the 29-day partial government shutdown was ‘a compilation of several previously rejected initiatives, each of which is unacceptable.’ She said Trump’s expected offer was ‘not a good-faith effort’ to help the immigrants and could not pass the House. Got a story for Metro.co.uk? If you have a story for our news team, email us at webnews@metro.co.uk. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
