Some may think that it does not matter if a border wall hinders relationships between the United States and Mexico, however, this is an uniformed opinion. A Los Angeles Times article made apparent that if relationships between the United States and Mexico soured, the United States could suffer from something as seemingly innocuous as a corn boycott. The article made reference to the fact that states like Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin who heavily depend on Mexico for their corn exports would take a great hit if Mexico decided to boycott U.S. corn, which has been proposed but unlikely to pass (Linthicum). When it comes down to it, Mexico is important to  America. Mexico is the U.S.'s third-largest trading partner and imported 296 billion dollars worth of goods in 2015 (Alford). Risking diplomatic relations with Mexico would be risking a lot. Furthermore, degrading relationships between Mexico and the United States could prove to put in jeopardy one of the U.S.'s greatest protections against illegal immigration: Mexico. A New York Times article made note that in 2016 Mexico sent back 143,057 Central American migrants with a majority of them heading north to the United States. It stated that in this day and age Mexico is more of a passage way for illegal immigrants heading to the U.S. with fewer and fewer actually being Mexicans (Porter). These facts stand to suggest that if Trump's wall is built the United States will stand to lose an even bigger wall against illegal immigration.