[dzzrtrock]

That's why you have to think unconventionally. "Over the beach entry" is the easiest hole to plug as it is so conspicuous and the volume is realtively low in comparison. The status quo ain't getting it. When your A$$ is on fire you don't have time put the firefighting operations up for competitive bid and Poobah, we're going down in flames. Time to turn to alternative ideas. How many more 9/11's is it going to take to illustrate that point to you? I have heard of the Davis-Bacon Act, prevaling wage (which isn't) and FLSA. So what? This is a national crisis, not putting next year's lawn care up for bid. More specifically, Davis -Bacon reads:

29 CFR 1.7 (b) If there has not been sufficient similar construction within the area in the past year to make a wage determination, wages paid on similar construction in surrounding counties may be considered, Provided That projects in metropolitan counties may not be used as a source of data for a wage determination in a rural county, and projects in rural counties may not be used as a source of data for a wage determination for a metropolitan county."

(the term "may" is permissive (i.e. Not legally binding) and I don't think that there have been "prevailing wage" national border wall projects across the sonoran desert in the last year, nor does David-Bacon apply to prison labor or the US military. IT isn't that difficult to trench down 6' and stand 20' pre-cast, reinforced concrete slabs on end, then backfill. Cast steel plates into the concrete and weld them together with 6" between for water and animal passage. Where we can't trench, razor-wire entanglement-topped and bottomed welded 100 lb. landing mats secured to posts and buddy we can put posts ANYWHERE. Look at freeway fences. Let's say we can only wall 60% of the border. That leaves 40% upon we can concentrate our primary forces, with rapid response units triggered by electronic observation posts on the walled/solid-fenced portions. Nothing is 100% effective but even 30% (and I believe your number to be Wa-a-a-y low) is better than 100% INeffective, which is where we are right now. Add to this, placing a Federal bounty on invaders rather than punishing those who detain them, and this problem would dry up in WEEKS, with or without a wall.

[Poohbah]

"Over the beach entry" is the easiest hole to plug as it is so conspicuous and the volume is realtively low in comparison.

Ahem. Over-the-beach volume is relatively low NOW. The Coast Guard cannot keep up with those relatively low levels NOW. Most of the present illegal immigrant flow will simply move to over-the-beach. A massive increase in those numbers will do two things: (1) make your wall an expensive failure, and (2) make it impossible to do anything to correct that failure to your advantage. (News flash: when you mess up in a spectacularly expensive manner, no one's going to ask you how it should be corrected.)

How many more 9/11's is it going to take to illustrate that point to you?

You know, the only people who masturbate like wild monkeys over the prospect of another 9/11 are (1) islamist terrorists and (2) the illegal-immigration malcontents on FR.

and I believe your number to be Wa-a-a-y low

It stops another 10% from attempting to cross. (Those are the ones who are too stupid to think of finding another way across.)

The remainder simply go to over-the-beach. You still have about 90% of the present flow making it into the country.