The wall moves people further afield, but also makes it easier for BP to patrol those shrinking areas where its still possible to get across.
Its working.
“The wall moves people further afield, but also makes it easier for BP to patrol those shrinking areas where its still possible to get across. Its working.”
The Tohono O’odham Nation declined new Border Wall System, but accepted new surveillance systems. The whole length of their 62 mile border will soon be completely covered by the Integrated Fixed Towers system, and other technology is likely on its way as well. The majority of their border already has some kind of barrier, and some areas are just more suitable than others.
So the openings are narrowing, and more technology and freed up Border Patrol Agents are focusing on them.
It is working, overall.
But the lack of more effective barrier is going to make it more painful for the Reservation, because although the total traffic will be constrained, they will bear the brunt of more of it.