Maybe we should build prisons without fences. All you need are boots on the ground and that should be enough to keep them out. Right?
So what prison requires 1,200 miles of fencing?
If prisoners had the resources like shovel, ladders and were unsupervised, the fence wouldn’t do much at all over just a short time.
This answer is perfectly fine. As long as a very comprehensive border control strategy is part of his platform, that is a-ok with me. A fence across all of Texas makes little practical sense, as it would block a major natural resource from our country and cede the entire Rio Grande to Mexico. Lack of border control would be a major problem in a candidate, but under Perry Texas has invested heavily in increased border patrol, so I don’t think that is likely.
We have a River — you know, like a moat.
But if you build a fence around a prison and drive away so that there’s no way to respond to a breach of the fence, the prison will be empty soon enough.