Instead, I'm trying to help you understand some practicalities that apply to the Texas portion of the U.S.-Mexico border (did that description satisfy you?).
Practicalities which might cause Gov. Perry -- whom I am not supporting -- to call a fence "ridiculous". Practicalities which could cause severe economic hardship for U.S. citizens and businesses and, thus, are legitimate concerns.
At the same time, most Texans are in favor of "securing the border". But they want to find the best way to do that, respecting the hardships that it might work on innocent citizens and businesses.
If you have no interest in understanding this quandary and are set on a single, exclusive solution -- irrespective of its impact (as well as its efficacy) -- that's your decision.
I probably already know about all those local “practicalities”. I’ve been to parts of the border and there have been numerous and almost constant news reports from the border since amnesty became such an hot issue in 2006.
If we are ever serious about controlling that border, local “practicalities” will have to take a back seat to national security priorities.