How does the border wall solve the alleged illegal immigration problem when they could just hop on a flight and ‘miss’ their return flight home?

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EDIT: Learned that many countries are required to have a Visa before entering. They cannot travel to the US, even for tourism, without it. As a privileged American citizen, I naively thought anyone can travel anywhere for tourism purposes with just a passport.

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It keeps out the poorest people who can’t afford a flight. Or at least that’s what it’s supposed to do. In reality the wall is easy to bypass/easily damaged.