Posted on 12/20/2016 6:27:32 AM PST by Helicondelta
In advance of taking office in January, Donald Trump's transition team has people surveying the Texas-Mexico border for places to build a wall. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, says while some areas don't want the structure, they're being told to submit ideas anyway.
Click through to see images of the border being patrolled and the current security.
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Have you been to Big Bend or do you live there? Or are you just posting what you found on the internet?
I was thinking a chain linked fence but it would have to be in the river not on the land. Don’t know if that’s legal.
The dam could be the wall?
It’s not going to be an easy thing to accomplish but it can be done. There will be ill will from
some I’m sure.
The border in Texas between the US and Mexico is basically the middle of the Rio Grande river.
Not in all places but most so you have a to decide whether to move inland a ways to build a
relative straight line or follow the edge of the river which is winding. Some areas in the
Park have canyon walls so that should be one of the last to see construction because it is the
hardest to cross.
A wall or fence covers much of the border...often a large distance away from the actual border due to physical restraints. This effectively ‘walls off’ some of people’s property, and it can no longer be used for farming, etc. So I could see, if a person owned land with no fence or wall presently, their not liking the idea 100%. Their opinion might change, however, as an ever growing wall system channels more illegals across their property.
The huge rugged cliffs along the Rio Grande in the Big Bend NP serve as a natural barrier. A “tech wall” with CCTV and alarms makes more sense.
SanchoP - you just joined in August 2016 - I think you are a troll.
Interesting. Thanks.
The US-Mexico border is the middle of the river.
Army core knows water control. With project like this you build the easy stretches first and then you can target enforcement on the gaps as you close them.
I am a Native Texan.
As in, my family moved here back in the land grant days (before Texas became independent). We go back many generations in Texas. However, we are from Stephen F. Austin’s land grant, which if you know your Texas history, is in East Texas.
We have traveled to Big Bend. Camped. Been about everywhere in the state, except Brownsville.
Yeah but... invaders may be funneled to areas they don’t use now when the normal trade routes are disrupted. I’m not really talking hikers here... they’d just be bright white picked clean skeletons in the sun - but more the narco off road convoys.
Although I dont disagree with you on it, but that would result in one of the biggest political fights ever seen.
I for one, would never give up our half of that river.
In my mind, the wall isnt the problem, its the water access rights we as a nation have to that river.
Question: What is a Texan?
Answer: A Mexican walking to Oklahoma.
If the situations were reversed,you wouldn’t be against building a wall around the Great Lakes?
I think you mean dams. Thousands of them.
Plus you have to pump the water from the river to behind the dam. If you dig a canal you've just dug an access route.
A physical wall (Israeli style) would be deployed in urban and suburban regions. An electronic wall would be necessary for wilderness areas (Big Bend) to allow animal migrations. An electronic wall with drones would work just fine, as long as incursions are actively backed up by human intervention (i.e. Border Patrol agents actually allowed/required to do their jobs).
I took the wife 4- wheeling in Big Bend a few years back. We were miles from anything and in a crevice on a cliff was an illegal sleeping on his backpack. So, yes, they do use the National Park as a pathway into the US.
I'm sure there are activist anti-illegal groups perfectly willing to pony up some donations for the purpose. All he would need to do is ask.
I think most ranchers will sopport this vs their cut fence stolen water and dumped trash issues now. there is already billions of dollars in farm bill money that can be directed at the water and run off issues.
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