[penelopesire]

lol..I don't spin pal..I am a realist. How are you going to build a fence in the middle of the Rio Grande? What about the trucks that come in loaded with illegals everyday? What about the tunnels they build UNDER the FENCE and into homes on the other side? The fence might work very well for some areas and private property owners along the border should be allowed to build them on their land.

[SwinneySwitch]

"How are you going to build a fence in the middle of the Rio Grande?"

How can a blind man be a lookout?

[zeugma]

Noone is proposing that the fence be built in the Rio Grande itself. I've seen a really well done proposal for building the same kind of walls used for freeway sound reduction, 10 feet down and 20 feet high. That would put a stop to a lot of the illegals coming in these days. Better inspection of trucks could help with those attempting to smuggle through legitimate border crossings, and there is plent of tech out there that could be imbedded in the wall to detect tunneling. Given the damage illegals are doing to this country, it would be worth the $2B as proposed for the Texas segment and in fact would be a bargain at 5 times the price if we could finally take control of our border and force mexico to finally deal with its own internal problems and corruption rather than attempting to export dissent here.