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Okay, my money is on Ridge actually refering to all that "just terrible" illegal immigration that transpires on our northern border. That's where the real problem is, don't sha know.

If he is talking about our southern border, I'll have to sit down for a few days so I don't faint.

Still, drones to interdiction is one hell of a divide.

Another item of interest:

Border security plans alarm some
5/30/03 Miles of taller, more imposing fencing along with new roads, dozens of more powerful stadium lights and new permanent Border Patrol facilities at Willcox and Nogales are being considered along the border, federal reports show.

...The Border Patrol plans are outlined in a series of environmental assessments for projects under review.

Among them is a proposal for more than 22 miles of 15-foot-tall metal or concrete fencing that would be backed by 18 miles of a secondary chain-link fence topped with razor wire and separated by a restricted-access road.

At Nogales, the Border Patrol plans only one mile of new fencing and two miles of road. But it also proposes 15 new remote video cameras along the border and another 60 portable light units.

...Plans also include Operation Desert Grip, which would allow three Border Patrol encampments in Organ Pipe National Monument and Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. Four more encampments are planned on the Tohono O'odham Reservation but are included in a separate environmental review.

...The Border Patrol's long-range fencing plans would close off nearly two-thirds of the Arizona border with Mexico...