GoFundMe for wall fail and is issuing refunds

https://amp.businessinsider.com/gofundme-refunding-donations-build-the-wall-fundraiser-2019-1

I knew this was going to fail at the start but at least they were/weren't scam and are getting their money back if they choose to. If they dont they get to choose where their money goes to a charity organization.

It’s a scam. We Build the Wall, Inc. is his new venture created in hopes he can get some of that $20 mil back into his own pocket.

Thankfully Gofundme doesn’t allow campaigns like this to just reposition collected funds without the consent of the backers.

I kind of wish it was a straight up scam and no one was getting their money back. My heart definitely does not go out to people who send their money to create a monument to their own xenophobia.

@Serraph105: lol Xenophobia? Drama much?

@n64dd: not at all. Xenophobia is exactly why the wall is supported.

Hmm, considering they raised 20m in 26 days despite it failing very short from its 1b target

It´s still pretty good.But a shame they didn´t manage to collect it all.

The guy who created it has a dubious past at a best, and he's a total scam artist at worst.

@Serraph105: Sounds like a wonderful

Hateful opinion.

lol was waiting for this to happen. So stupid from the beginning. But actually this is a good end, I honestly thought he was going to run with the money and go hide somewhere.

The purpose of the wall is to prevent illegal immigration and encourage legal migration. Under Trump's administration we still have legal migration to America, this is not xenophobic.

Illegal crossings are dangerous to migrants and border patrol agents. Many migrants have died trying to cross over illegally, especially children. Lots of border patrol agents have also been killed.

America does not have open borders with Mexico because that country has a huge drug and crime problem.

I'm a former Democrat, but I still care about you. I strongly recommend you make better arguments. Comments like yours damages the credibility of your political party.

Here is objective evidence proving that a wall is effective at deterring illegal immigration: https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/feb/13/ron-johnson/border-fence-israel-cut-illegal-immigration-99-per/ - Border fence in Israel cut illegal immigration by 99 percent, GOP senator says

#trump2020
(join us, it's better on this side)

You mean this money wasn't actually going to go directly to trumps pocket to build the wall.

What a twist!!!

@Jacanuk: Don’t worry Mexico donated the rest. I hear the check’s in the mail.

The wall won't do shit about everyone overstaying their visas.

True, but that can be dealt with much easier than people who come over the border.

Shhhh.....republicans don't want to hear the truth.

Hilarious. All money collected should go to charity.

Just have the whole police out looking for them?

But I thought Mexico was going to pay for it? So much for your god - Trump - art of the deal.

Which isn't the majority of illegal immigration while overstaying visas are.

And that still does not change my argument.

It´s easier to deal with the overstayers than it is not doing anything at all about the border.

And Mexico would pay for it if Trump could sit down and actually use his office for work.

2 years and he hasn't sat down in his office to work? N

Not as much as I would have liked. No.

He had the Congress in his hands and if he hadn´t stepped a certain person so hard over the toes that he made him an enemy, a lot of good for this country could have been accomplished.

And yet if the problem is expired visas then why ISN'T anything being done and while pretending the border is the problem when it isn't . Government wastes enough taxpayer dollars............this is beyond ridiculous. Perhaps you don't pay taxes.

@HoolaHoopMan: Nice tip. I looked him up and he’s quite a scumbag. Running a right wing news site and using bots to funnel traffic through it to con advertisers before eventually being shut down.

Yeah so shocking people would open their wallets and give a man like this even a nickel of their hard-earned money.

Ask the politicians.

I do not make legislation and when you got a party like the Democrats who see open borders and everyone is welcome as the only solution, it´s hard to get proper legislation that can help solve the problem with overstayers.

Yep, he's been in the business of propagating 'fake' news for years on the right.

Way to miss the point..............I'm asking you. You're the one crying here for a wall.

Are you a xenophile?

For extra irony, charity that benefits Mexican immigrants.

@Jacanuk: I always laugh when people bring up visas overstayed, its a seperate issue from the wall, both need to be looked at tho

Perfect.

@n64dd: because it is xenophobia. How do you not see it?

@jeezers: no it's not. Way more people doing that then crossing the border.

Considering the majority of illegals come in legally the wall is a waste of time and money. But go ahead and listen to the tweets of a mad man for your education. It will serve well.

A majority of people in Mexico that sneak over the border do it illegally.

@Serraph105: Wanting to protect your boarders makes you a Xenophobic? Lmao!

@LJS9502_basic:

"Considering the majority of illegals come in legally"

That may be the dumbest post of the decade.

@dreman999: people that jump the border and people overstaying visas are seperate issues, nobody expects the wall to stop people from overtaying thier visas, its too reduce illegal crossings. There are multiple problems to fix with illegal immigration, no one expects the wall to fix every one of those issues. But they both need to be fixed.

Except it's not. He's referring to the act of people overstaying their visas. Thus, they come in to the country illegally, overstay their visas, and then attain the status of illegal immigrants.

@mattbbpl: with 0 data to back it up. I don't think they take a count on how many made it across the border.

Boarder? Damn is that dude still alive with everyone running him over?

Overstaying visas mean you entered legally. I think yours wins the award for dumbest. Kudos.

You have a racist uncle at the wh, just deal with it and let him build the wall.

@LJS9502_basic: Yet you have 0 evidence to back that up ya dunce!

@resevl4rlz:

I almost feel bad for him. ALMOST. But then I remember the xenophobic agenda he was trying to work for.

Also the fact that,

THE FACTS: A wall can’t do much about that when drug trafficking is concentrated at land ports of entry, not remote stretches of the border.

Exactly it´s a separate issue, it´s not the same thing.

It´s like comparing theft too murder.

What point?

Also if your point was that overstayers are a problem and somehow identical or bigger than the border then you are dead wrong.

Both are big problems and both need to be solved, Overstayers can be done with legislation and by better vetting people coming in and the border can be dealt with by a wall on some areas and more border patrols with the top of the notch tech gear.

@jeezers: they can go over and under. It's not going to stop anyone. There better way to do it then a wall.