Posted on 01/11/2006 6:22:00 AM PST by LouAvul
SAN DIEGO (AP) - U.S. Border Patrol agents stumbled on a cross-border tunnel after it caved in and the asphalt roadway above it collapsed, officials said.
The 35-foot-long tunnel, which was found Monday, ended in a patch of vacant land on the U.S. side near the San Ysidro port of entry, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security.
The reinforced tunnel was about 3 feet by 3 feet and appeared to have been used recently, she said.
The exit on the U.S. side was sealed with sandbags and metal strips, Mack said. Authorities did not know when it was built and whether it was used for smuggling drugs or people, she said.
The tunnel is across the border from an area that is either owned or leased by Mexican Customs.
No arrests were made.
More than a dozen tunnels have been found along the southwestern border in recent years.
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You can dig under and climb over. Fence/walls is not enough. We need to go into another dimension to defeat this orthodox method.
..which will pay for itself in about two years from the savings in welfare payments and unrecovered health costs as well as a reduced a crime rate and protection from terrorist attack.
If we mine the exits where we find them, rather than making announcements to the press, it would go a long way towards solving this problem.
A boarder fence is to stop en masse illegal immigration. The expense and relatively low capacity of a tunnel means this is only used for high value contraband like drugs.
Tunnels do not negate the necessity of a fence.
Years ago, there was a cult/book that was sure there were people living in the core of the earth.
Now, when a tunnel is found, we look for smugglers.
Is it possible, the people in the core are ready to move to the top?
Joking of course........
Throw sand down in a trench by the fence until you reach bedrock. Also, put some sensors in the sand to tell if it is being dug at.
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