There already is over 600 miles of fencing, primarily at urban areas to prevent mass crossings. Now they need more inspectors to search more than the 1 in 5 vehicles that are currently being searched. Also much better port search capability. Also roads and barracks along the areas that are not fenced or likely to be fenced. The Great Wall of China did not stop mass invasions. It’s greatest use was as a road along which troops could easily march and ride to get to trouble spots, plus barracks to house troops and horses. This was often in very rough terrain. Same principle for border security here, and we have electronic surveillance means to monitor more remote areas if we had the roads there to mobilize the border patrol. More ground surveillance to stop the tunnels that allow large amounts of drugs to enter. Also money to check on and deal with the 3/4
million visa overstay folk. Like those nasty 9/11 pilots who overstayed their visas. Most of the best use areas for walls and high fences are already built. Sure, some more may be useful, but I am more worried about all the other things we have neglected because some people can only understand the idea of a wall and haven’t even learned how to use a computer yet. Below is link for AOL announcement re reopening govt.
We need a wall from sea to sea.
I’m not settling for excuses, and nobody else I know is.
We expect a wall, and we better get one.
That seems entirely reasonable to me. The “wall” as a marketing point made good sense. The “wall” as a policy, in lieu of any other forms of security, was not the best thing to insist on the way he did.