As I keep saying.
You lay out a better plan, and get approval from Congress, and I'll buy what you say.
CLOSING THE BORDERS simply is impractical. There is no 'gate', no 'keys' that close the border.
Many an impregnable castle wall has fallen prey to invaders.
And the biggest indicator of how this issue is being hyped and sucked up by FREEPERS is the ignorance of what really constitutes our borders.
Everyone that says "CLOSE THE BORDERS" only wants the border with Mexico closed, and mainly to immigrant workers.
What about the other borders? Not all Terrorists would attempt to come in from Mexico. From what I understand, it is the hardest to get through.
NO MORE FISHING IN CANADA. ALL THOSE who live along the northern border and work in Canada will have to quit and find new jobs.
Are you prepared, IN YOUR PLAN, to help those people????
Not so. And glad you brought that up.
The San Diego Wall: The Joke's On You
Now, what WOULD work? Why, it's really quite simple. Ask the Israelis, they KNOW what works. A simple and cheap (but highly effective) multiple fence system, with a plowed tracking strip and sensors. Such a fence would permit the USBP to observe the smugglers moving around on the other side, instead of shielding them from view like the Awesome San Diego Wall.