I wish I could share your enthusiasm. It’s not coming along nearly fast enough. At this rate, even if Trump wins re-election and has a 2nd term, only a fraction of the border will be sealed off by a wall.
The number of apprehensions doubled from last year to this year, and it’s hard to tell if it’s because we’re better at catching people OR if more are coming OR both. All I know is that over 800,000 apprehensions of illegals occurred in 2019 (and we’re still not done). That’s almost as many people as we allow to enter the country legally every year.
Even though the % of repeat offenders is dropping, since more people have been apprehended the actual number of repeat offenders has increased. This still tells me that most illegals do not care enough about the punishment of trying to enter the U.S. unlawfully.
17% of the wall has been completed THIS YEAR.
That’s not too shabby.
If the same amount is completed next year, over one third of the wall will be completed.
I to feel the same. I Believe the rate of apprehension increase is due to the fact that the areas were the wall has been completed is funneling the illegals into smaller area. Were they can more easily be apprehend more quickly. In the area that is under construction is more then likely not were the illegals are being caught . Do to the large amount of working going on. But is in the more isolated areas were the wall has not been completed.
Not nearly fast enough. Down at the bottom of TX is a major crossing area and it’s at zero percent. All along the TX border needs major building. No thanks to Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX - R), we couldn’t get so much as a fence in TX during W’s time and she opened up lawsuits against it.