So you expect the US to erect a fence 2,000 miles long that would somehow be impenetrable? Yeah, but the wall would be a billion feet high, covered with barbed wire and electric. And there would be 1,000 feet deep moat with crocodiles for every yard along with electric eels and pirahanas.
Of course, it would take a half a trillion dollars and about 20 years to build.
Have any basis for your wild cost estimates?
A fence is a deterrent, not an absolute barrier. And they are market tested and shown to be effective. That's why there are so many millions of miles of fences built all over the world. If they didn't work, nobody would be building them.
If you were asked by a company to analyze how best to keep unwanted persons from the grounds would you respond by proposing a wall 'a billion feet high' etc etc? Of course not. So why do so in such a serious situation as US national security?
No solution is perfect. But a wall/fence makes a lot more sense than nothing at all. And it will not cost anywhere close to half a trillion dollars nor take 20 years to build. And I'll bet you know that.
ROFL!!!! Hehehe .. keyboard warning, please.
Didn't know about this .... 2,000 miles of this ..??? Wonder if Congress is going to vote for this when they're screaming about the budget, deficits, Iraq???
Ulises Torres explores along the U.S.-Mexico border fence where it meets the Pacific Ocean in Imperial Beach, Calif., April 27, 2006. Torres was fishing with his father at the Playas de Tijuana in Tijuana, Mexico. Though these fences are criticized for shifting would-be border-crossers to more dangerous and remote spots, they do make it harder for illegal immigrants to reach urban areas where they can slip into a car and head for the nation's interior. Now, Congress is considering putting many more such barriers along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, which already has 83