Posted on 10/11/2018 8:44:29 PM PDT by blueplum
Construction workers last week put up the final panel of a new border barrier in Calexico, Calif., a project touted by President Trump as the first part of his promised wall between Mexico and the U.S.....
...The estimated $18-million project replaced just over two miles of a 1990s barrier made of Vietnam War-era military aircraft landing mats with 30-foot bollards — poles placed close together to restrict entry but allow people on either side to see through.
While Department of Homeland Security officials previously called existing border barriers “fences,” after construction began in Calexico, they began to refer to both old and new structures as part of a “border wall” and more recently “border wall system.”
...The new bollard barrier allows San Diego agents for the first time to see through to the Mexican side of the border, Michael said. “It’s a big deal for us,” she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Anyone have pix of the landing mats in action?
Landing Mat in Action?
Yes,
Put,
“Crossing Couch Trail”
In You Tube search.
I taped this in night vision
10yrs ago,
Believe me
That Same fence is there today
Unchanged.
thanks for volunteering and the video. But if they’re going to ‘stage a jump’ nowadays, they better be prepared to jump 30 feet!
Thank you President Trump.
It makes sense to plug the hole in the boat before bailing water.
I’ve seen the new style fence
As described and it is Awsome!
It really is a patch work of new
and old but the Agents on the
Line are Always Fantastic!
The new bollard barrier allows San Diego agents for the first time to see through to the Mexican side of the border, Michael said.
“It’s a big deal for us,” she said.
According to Border Patrol Agent Justin Castrejon, at least one person has already been injured and hospitalized after falling from the new, taller structure while trying to climb over it.
“According to Border Patrol Agent Justin Castrejon, at least one person has already been injured and hospitalized after falling from the new, taller structure while trying to climb over it.”
Who is paying the hospital costs on that?
We can plug the hole while the boat is on the bottom.
Us I guess. I hope we got our monies worth.
this might cheer you up:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-to-seek-dollar5b-for-border-wall/ar-BBOfLaH?ocid=spartanntp
and don’t forget, we’re only 2 in, 6 to go.
This`ll really cheer you up. USA USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzO7t7X6ktU
C’mon, baby America
Mcscrotum allowing 5 billion for the wall? How damn magnanimous. Their VERY REASON FOR BEING is to protect our borders and protect the American people from invasion.
They gave obama continuing resolutions for anything he wanted to fund for years. 9 trillion dollars of debt and the country overrun with illegals. The rule of law hanging by a thread and rampant corruption.
Mcscrostum, ryan, boner et al. need to be brought to justice for what they have done to the country. Traitors-all of them
which side did climber fall?
I liked the fence with the rounded top. Difficult to get a grappling hook on.
Two miles. It’ll never be finished.
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