That could have been said about Will Rogers' proposal to heat up the oceans to 210%. Have you ever seen a serious study (or hearings) about sealing the borders.
We tried our best on a 66 mile stretch in "Operation Gate Keeper". Double fences (some concrete and steel), guard towers, flood lights inferred cameras, ground sensors, patrol roads, horse patrols, ATV patrols, 16 helicopters, fixed wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, trucks, and a ratio of 25 guards per mile were incorporated.
It was successful in reducing the number if immigrants crossing at that sector. Most just went further East to cross, but still about two hundred thousand are caught each year trying to cross, and another estimated 30 to 40 thousand make it across undetected. They dig under, climb over and break through the fences. That’s an average of 454 to 606 per mile per year.
Extrapolate to the 105,000 miles of U.S. land and sea borders and it equates to 2and1/2 million guards with over 40 million illegals still getting through each year.
Take the time to read the Inspector General's report on Operation Gate Keeper and you will never again respect the intelligence of anyone who says that we can "seal the border".
"Take the time to read the Inspector General's report on Operation Gate Keeper and you will never again respect the intelligence of anyone who says that we can "seal the border"."
I invite any and all to read that report. I was surprised to see a less than flattering portrait of the seriousness of that Clinton enacted program.