Okay…let’s build a fence.
But first, recognize that Israel. Doesn't. Have. A. River. Defining. Its. Border!
Second, in the United States of America we have a little thingy called "Property Rights".
But, anyhoo...
Now, you’re the King of Texas. You get to make the decisions and spend the taxpayers’ money. You tell us where to build it.
Let’s deal with the topography alone for now. AND you get to decide where to spend the money on it. Not your money, mind you…the taxpayers’ money. And not FEDERAL money…Texans’ money. (Because of course, the Feds ain’t doing it.)
It’s somewhere between 1500 and 1900 miles worth of border, depending on how you calculate it. That’s equivalent to a stretch from Massachusetts to Florida.
So first…where do you want to get the money for the fence? No answer for that, yet?
Okay, let’s move to the topography itself…
Where do you want to build it? In the middle of the Rio Grande River? On the Mexican side of the river? Or on the Texas side of the river, ceding part of Texas to Mexico?
Let’s take a look at the Texas/Mexico border.
Here’s what a LOT of the border looks like:
Mexico is on the left of the river and Texas on the right.
The Texas/Mexico border:
And:
The Texas/Mexico border:
And that's just the canyons...
So if an illegal wants to scale a 400' cliff, you think he'll have a problem with a 30' fence?
Next post, we'll deal with the desert...