However the Border Patrol disagrees. The men and women who are actually charged with doing the job specifically requested a system they can see through.
The President as is his pattern in such matters tends to go with the requests of the boots on the ground.
President Trump is a builder but, he isn’t a border protection expert so, he tends to go with the desires of those who are.
“However the Border Patrol disagrees. The men and women who are actually charged with doing the job specifically requested a system they can see through.”
The bollard type fence-wall is also easier to repair if cartels or others damage it. A concrete structure could take weeks to repair if damaged in a remote area. It takes more specialized skills to construct, maintain and repair. The bollards are a much more cost-effective system.
The purpose of the wall is NOT to make the job easier for border patrol agents.
This choice makes as much sense as asking the men who mow grass to design a city park landscape. The result might be a very ugly park that’s easy and fast to mow.
And do you really think they are not corrupted, with all that drug money going around, like most of our federal guv?