[oldleft]

This is what I've seen along the border where the I-5 crossing is. Looks good, but it inexplicably ends at "smugglers gultch" about half a mile or so from the beach.

[GarySpFc]

I've heard about these concrete pilings, which reportedly are 8 inches apart? Can a person squeeze between them?

[John Jorsett]

This is what I've seen along the border where the I-5 crossing is. Looks good, but it inexplicably ends at "smugglers gultch" about half a mile or so from the beach.

Not so inexplicable. The envirogits have blocked the extension of the fence in that area for years. That opposition was just swept away by a Congressional bill that the President signed, and DHS head Michael Chertoff has said that construction of the missing section is going to happen now.

[Jhohanna]

I've been told that the ocean/beach eddies out there at the end of the 'fence' (it doesn't do anything where they can step over it anyways) is too dangerous to swim, and that people drown. I don't think that's true... I've only heard of 1 instance while living here... they were much more likely just to jump the fence and walk through the Tijuana Slough next to my apartment. God, I'm so glad I don't live in Venereal (Imperial) Beach anymore!