[WOSG]

"Militarizing this border would probsbly require about 50 men per mile, plus support personnel, "

Nonsense. In the rural areas, you put up a fence and could man it with about 1-2 persons per mile, making sure the integrity of the fence is maintained. A team of 20 could be well-covering a 10 mile stretch round the clock. Add in UAVs and cameras and motion-detectors, and you're all set.

build a fence and you will need only 20,000 men/women to man the borders.

As for Canada, it is much less of a problem anyway.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Ah, but if you seal the Mexican border, then wouldn't the Canadian border become a problem?

Or is the issue not about national security, but about MEXICANS?

How much will this fence cost?

[MainFrame65]

"In the rural areas, you put up a fence and could man it with about 1-2 persons per mile, making sure the integrity of the fence is maintained. A team of 20 could be well-covering a 10 mile stretch round the clock."

A man alone is a target - and with a guarded border, the value of penetration rises. And how many hours - and days - are these soldiers going to work? Also, consider the closed borders that are penetration targets today, like the one between Egypt and Gaza, as well as in the Southern California area. New tunnels are being dug all the time, probably faster than we can find them. Guarding the fence is not enough.