Presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Like, he really, really wants to build a wall — and he wants to make Mexico pay for it. Need a reminder? Check this out:

Trump's plan is wildly expensive, impractical, and counterproductive.

On top of that, the people who actually live on the border overwhelmingly oppose the idea.

According to the recently released Cronkite News-Univision News-Dallas Morning News Border Poll, 72 percent of Americans living on the border oppose building a wall. For residents on the Mexican side of the border, that number jumps to 86 percent.

Ivonne Gonzalez, a poll respondent in Arizona, noted: "I'm not in favor of building another wall. But our opinions as residents are not taken into consideration." And that's a serious problem.

"This wall makes sense if you're not from here, if you've never been here, if you're scared of Mexico and of Mexicans," U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, told The Dallas Morning News in reaction to the poll. "It seems like a good emotional response to that fear. But when you live here and you know how interconnected we are and you know friends, or have family on both sides of the border, it seems ridiculous at best and, at worst, it seems like something that is shameful and embarrassing."

Perhaps, when it comes to border issues, we should listen to the people living there rather than a New Yorker who thinks eating a taco bowl counts as supporting Hispanics:

Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2016

In fact, rather than making movement more difficult, a vast majority (77 percent of border Americans and 88 percent of border Mexicans) said they favor making it easier to cross back and forth for work.

While Trump has characterized immigrants as "criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc.," residents on both sides of the border have a much more positive view of each other. According to the poll, 79 percent of those on the American side said they depend on their neighbors across the border for economic survival, and 69 percent on the Mexican side said the same.

Almost a million people cross between Mexico and the U.S. each day, along with $1.3 billion in cross-border trade daily — coming out to over $500 billion annually. Nationally, more than 6 million jobs are the result of trade with Mexico.

"How can we grow economically if we shut our borders and build 'fortress America'?" asks U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. Economists across the board have denounced Trump's protectionist ideas. Common sense would seem to support allowing people and products to move between Mexico and the United States, as trade has benefited both sides.

Not only do the current presidential debates seem to ignore people living on the border, a majority on both sides believe that the current presidential campaign is hurting the region.

With all the noise about border issues, it's as urgent as ever for us to listen to the people who actually live and work there.