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 ...
Why be an ass? I'm from the Pacific Northwest. My frame of reference is the Canadian border and I was just remarking on the difference.
Damn, you people are sensitive.
Personally, I'd rather have a real border with Canada. They let all kinds of undesirable folk into their country, such as large numbers of islamics that we probably wouldn't want to be able to just stroll into our country unimpeded. If you don't have borders, you don't have a country.
That's to make crossing the border into Canada easy for all the Hollywood elites who promised back in 2016 to leave the USA if Donald Trump was elected President.
I guess they are still packing and getting ready to move because they're still here whining, emoting, and being a general pain in the arse!
I dont know. Jefferson was pretty impressive too. He helped build a nation. And Monticello is pretty darn good as well.
It's not working. They're still here. They must be having trouble stepping over the pylon.
The whole desert is a potty.
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It is what it is.
Not something most bring it when discussing our wonderful desert regions.
I lived there for 30 years, you can have it.
Reagan had nothing to do with China getting into to WTO.
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