Posted on 07/21/2009 11:03:20 AM PDT by La Lydia
Stunning visuals! Ping...
am i wrong in thinking that a small child could get through most of the fences i looked at? (i looked at the fence in the Yuma sector.
Which part (number) of the Yuma sector? There are remote areas of fence that are vehicle fence, where it is unlikely there would be foot traffic. In the populated areas, there is no way a child could get through. Where did you look?
i also checked out the West Tucson area. the fences are worse there.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/mexico_builds_border_wall_to_keep?utm_source=videoembed
Thank you for the post.
My initial reactions:
The American Border Patrol did a huge amount of work in gathering the photographs and constructing this view of the border. Kudos to them.
There is more constructed than I had expected; but much remains to be secured.
Homeland Security should have provided this type of detail to the public but that would that might be optimism on my part as to their capability or even a desire to do so.
Thanks for the link!
http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/highlights/fence_map.ctt/fence_map.pdf
Yes, more needs to be built. And Spencer's latest doesn't include the California sectors, which are spectacular as well. I think they should start building outward from the Ports of Entry by converting some of the vehicle fence to pedestrian fence. They have more than 600 miles of fence now. I urge you to email Glenn Spencer and tell him thanks for this amazing accomplishment. He is a true patriot.
That is truly, truly funny.
Where is the double fencing similar to that below San Diego? The appears to be a lot of eyewash.
But which number did you think a child could get through?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37degrees/3481746319/
Here is the Secure Fence Act language. I am concerned that the fencing does not meet the requirements of the Act.
(A) REINFORCED FENCING.In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide for least 2 layers of reinforced fencing, the installation of additional physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors
(i) extending from 10 miles west of the Tecate, California, port of entry to 10 miles east of the Tecate, California, port of entry;
(ii) extending from 10 miles west of the Calexico, California, port of entry to 5 miles east of the Douglas, Arizona, port of entry;
(iii) extending from 5 miles west of the Columbus, New Mexico, port of entry to 10 miles east of El Paso, Texas;
(iv) extending from 5 miles northwest of the Del Rio, Texas, port of entry to 5 miles southeast of the Eagle Pass, Texas, port of entry; and
(v) extending 15 miles northwest of the Laredo, Texas, port of entry to the Brownsville, Texas, port of entry.
"Nothing in this paragraph shall require the Secretary of Homeland Security to install fencing, physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors in a particular location along an international border of the United States, if the Secretary determines that the use or placement of such resources is not the most appropriate means to achieve and maintain operational control over the international border at such location." (FY 2008 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act July 26, 2007)
Nice, huh? The fence we have now is the result. It is better than nothing, but not as much as it could be.
A small child or a 185 lb. terrorist.
KBH opened it up to all sorts of law suits that will keep any fence from being built in our life times.
As far as I know, the opponents have lost all the lawsuits except for one, I believe, in far south Texas, which has not been resolved. KBH added that amendment at the behest of the same people who sued and lost. Shameful.
Didn’t the Democrats manage to defund the rest of the construction a couple of weeks ago? Napolitano was requesting a work stoppage and the fence budget be used to stop guns and drugs from “entering Mexico from the US side”!!!!
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