Posted on 11/19/2008 12:36:48 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
SAN DIEGO - The Border Patrol on Tuesday finished installing a razor-sharp, curled wire atop a fence on the Mexican border, saying the tactic has contributed to a sharp drop in attacks on its agents by assailants hurling rocks, bricks and sometimes even exploding bottles of gas.
The barbed wire on a violent, five-mile stretch separating San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico, resembles a prison fence, prompting critics to say it's a heavy-handed move and a menacing eyesore.
"The effects have been phenomenal," Michael Corley, head of the Border Patrol's Imperial Beach station, said at a news conference after a crew installed the last piece of wire.
Without the wire, migrants could jump the fence in only 15 seconds. But it now takes several minutes for them to cut a hole in the fence using handheld, battery-powered saws, Corley said. Mexico's consul general in San Diego, Remedios Gomez Arnau, said efforts by Mexican authorities to prevent attacks on border agents may explain the drop in violence, not the razor wire. She said the Border Patrol rejected her plea to reconsider installing the wiring.
The five-mile stretch is the only place on the U.S.-Mexico border with razor wiring on top of the fence, and there are no plans to use it elsewhere, said Border Patrol spokesman Lloyd Easterling.
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Ya-a—a-a-a-a-a-a-y! Whoopeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Duncan Hunter already had the fence put up in his district, and it’s cut drug and human trafficking by more than half.
Make it a felony to intentionally damage the fence and prosecute. Oh, wait, that would be mean.....
Rather than repairing the cut fence, it would be cheaper to shoot those coming through.
Razor wire’s a good start. Now electrify it...
I'm not one of them.
make another one parallel behind it. and put a trench in between.
Law enforcement does not shoot trespassers. The try to capture them and cite or arrest. If you can shoot trespassers where you live, have fun.
My Wife actually shot at some trespassers before and missed. The beauty of that act was the fact they NEVER came back.
whatever
Are you one of those folks who can’t grasp the idea of *NO* and *KEEP OUT*?
No, I’m one of those people who knows that cops don’t shoot trespassers.
whatever
make another one parallel behind it. and put a trench in between.
And fill the trench with alligators.
It was funny to me that they thought it was a huge improvement for them to go from seconds to jump the fence to minutes to cut through it.
THEY’RE STILL COMING THOUGH!
I was thinking more along the line of evenly spaced Claymore mines rigged with motion detectors. Problem solved!
ping
They need to install triple strand concertina at the base of the fence on our side. You’ll see crossings drop real quick!
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