Posted on 10/22/2020 9:52:15 AM PDT by BeauBo
"Wow" was all I was able to say as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Blackhawk flew alongside the U.S.-Mexico border and the difference between the old "wall" system and the new wall system under construction came into view...
The old "wall" that covers large lengths of the border is laughably easy to get over. It consists of barbed wire fencing, held together by fragile-looking wooden posts and Normandy barriers intended to stop illegal vehicle crossings.
"I think you can see for yourself...it's a political narrative, right? They want to score some political points by saying, 'Oh, it's just replacement.' What I would say to those individuals [is] they haven't been here," Morgan said...
"So when you see this 30-foot high wall, concrete and steel into the ground, yeah, it's brand new," Morgan said, adding the wall is part of a system, complete with roads, lighting, and surveillance that helps deter illegal crossings or slow down illegal crossers so border patrol agents have time to respond...
El Paso Border Patrol Chief Gloria Chavez told Townhall the new 30-foot high wall system is the best she has seen in deterring and slowing down illegal crossings...
Chavez says they are able to redirect manpower. An area previously requiring six to ten border patrol agents can now be monitored by two. Resources are able to be redirected so they can address other incursions such as tunnels and drones.
The new wall system is not the only noticeable difference... They pointed to the much better relations they have with their Mexican counterparts and how motivated they are in stopping people before they get a chance to illegally cross...
As of Wednesday, CBP says 109 miles of the new border wall system has been built in the El Paso Sector.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
“Mexicans don’t care for illegal traffic either.”
The Border communities and cities in Mexico have been overrun by crime and cartels, because of the open border.
Some places have devolved to virtual rule by warlords at times.
Broad swathes of Mexicans have been victims of the open border situation, which invited widespread crime.
POTUS Trump mentioned this very topic at a Rally a couple of days ago. New versus so called replacement.
This isn’t about the Canadian border and we don’t have conga-lines of tens of millions attempting to enter illegally from Canada. Pay attention.
Thank God Turdo is keeping the border closed from scoflaws as you! ;-)
Where are all those freepers who in the past ranted there would be no wall?
They seem to be as rare a phone booths nowadays.
That photo showing the half-built bridge and the bright blue sky reminds me of how hot and dry the area is. We are talking open skies in Mexico, where it stays around 90 degrees much of October. Think about being a Border Patrol Officer there.
* * Free-Rep. has all kinds of people reading and posting here, many from highly trained backgrounds. So I have a few simple questions some of you may know about.
Silly Question #1. How much H20 do Border Patrol Officers typically keep with them for personal use? They must have something with them, including something to eat.
Silly Question #2. Are there typically Porta-Potties out there for our Officers to use? I would tend to doubt it.
Mt Baker Council of the BSA used to own a camp called Black Mountain that is less than 1 mile from the Canadian border. Many times per week people would walk through camp with daypacks on their backs full of drugs.
More than a few of those daypacks were discovered by campers and returned to the camp office. We’d call Customs.
So, the notion of a border wall with Canada isn’t something I’d necessarily dismiss out of hand. There are SO MANY Chinese living in BC. I have ZERO doubt the CCP is running ops out of BC (Vancouver) and Seattle.
Would not surprise me at all if there is talk of such a fence next term. Not saying there will be, but would not be a stretch.
Iran OWNS Kerry.......................
Our big, beautiful wall!
Seriously, I am going to need some evidence to back that up.
Canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area- paddle out, check into a Canadian office on an island and then go on with the trip. There are several portages where you’ll love see little Bronze markers embedded along the trail indicating US or Canada. I think it only matters if one country has a fire ban.
The US/Canadian border is twice as long as our border with Mexico - not even counting the roughly 1,500 mile border with Alaska.
Although a continuous barrier is cost prohibitive, a lot of the technology (surveillance, detection, tracking) developed to address the flood on the Southern Border, is deploying to the Northern Border as well.
Thanks BeauBo.
Sword in one hand,
work tools in the other.
The Mexican people don't back lawlessness...that's been imposed on them by their corrupt 'leaders'...
I have not seen ditches/berms significantly incorporated into the new border infrastructure being built.
I have seen that cartels in Mexico are increasingly up-armoring commercial vehicles, for use in small arms (rifle, pistol) shootouts. Sometimes they will even ring mount machine guns on top. Recently, they have evidenced a more factory finished look. It seems that main purpose of these vehicles, is to fight with competing cartels, over turf.
Cartel Jalisco, New Generation:
As intimidating as these vehicles and small convoys are to civilians, they are not a real military threat. A 50 .cal will make short work of them, as would any anti-armor missile. The new bollards are impervious to such vehicles.
The Mexican Military is fully capable of dispatching these improvised light armored vehicles, and do so periodically.
A few of our attack helicopters could respond from a hundred miles away, and destroy dozens of these things, like shooting fish in a barrel.
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