No they didn’t, I live in Arizona. They put NG troops down there, gave them no guns, and made them stay in the BP office and do paperwork. The drones never got going, all they did was try out cameras that were made my some big contributor and then took them down before they could really be tested.
And do you seriously think it would be any different with the fedgov in Texas? Seriously?
There is an advantage to a fence. It cannot be turned off (like the virtual fence) or ignored or not issued bullets.
Yeah, the fence in California is not 100 percent effective. But it appears to be 90 percent effective, which is pretty darn good for anything the fedgov does. Fence opponents are engaged in the classic exercise of trying to make the perfect the enemy of the good. There is a reason why every secure facility has a fence around it. You still need patrols and guards. But they go a lot further when they are patrolling a fence instead of open country.