[Dusty Road]

“What do other countries with border rivers do?”

I don’t give a damn what other countries do, I’m talking Texas and the hundreds of miles of privately owned land on the river. Truth be told I don’t believe there will ever be a fence along the southern border of Texas. The landowners will never give up the river on the north side and Mexico damn sure won’t give up the river on the south side. Increse protection along the river and build the wall from El Paso to the West Coast where the right a way and fence is already is in place. Now back to your question I don’t believe they wall off their river access giving it to the country across the border.

[bert]

You are correct. There will be no Texas wall unless Mexico is invaded to put it on the south side.

A wall on the north side cedes the river to Mexico.

A Texas wall is just stupidity. Than means the stupidity is Trump’s

[xzins]

However, those along any border do not use that border without understanding a government controls its own borders. It’s understood by use of the word invasion, naturalization, defend, etc in the constitution and by the congressional power to pass any legislation that enables any of the expressly stated powers.

I would be looking for the best deal and the best idea if I were a landowner alongside a national border.

[BeauBo]

"I don’t believe there will ever be a fence along the southern border of Texas."

This thread is in response to the Government buying the land right now. They are also well into the contracting process for the build - initial proposals from vendors are in, and prices are due by the 24th of March. As I posted earlier, the law already authorizes it (Secure Fence Act), the surveys are complete, and the Mexican members of the Treaty Commission have already agreed to it.

It appears that the basic barrier will be thirty feet high, made of precast concrete panels, like the Israeli Peace Barrier.