[Travis McGee]

Without a serious fence system for the Border Patrol to actually watch and guard, the BP is forced to “defend in depth.” The southern border is 2,019 miles from sea to sea. If the Border Patrol check points are 40 miles from the border, agents must roam across an area of 80,000 square miles seeking illegal immigrants. This is a fool’s errand, deliberately futile. 80,000 square miles is the size of Idaho or Kansas.

The same number of border patrol actually guarding a physical barrier means that every inch of the border is under observation at all times. Anybody carrying a ladder to the fence will be seen, and stopped by nearby Border Patrol agents who react to their approach. That is why the San Diego fence is so effective. It needs to be extended across the entire border. Or, we can keep play-acting at border security, with the Border Patrol playing Keystone Kops across 80,000 square miles of rough scrub land terrain.

[dalebert]

If you think Democrats will vote to keep new voters out.....think again. Obama’s next move is amnesty and appropriations of bilions of dollars that will vanish.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

And what gets me is the Kenyan wants $3.5 BILLION to spend on these illegals.

[rfreedom4u]

It could be cheaper than that if we use the caught illegals as forced labor as part of their sentence for breaking our laws. Once their sentence is complete deport them.