The Border Fence - Where it is and How It Works

The Department of Homeland Security built only 5% of what the Secure Fence Act of 2006 called for, but where the fence was built it cut illegal immigration. This video by American Border Patrol shows what happened along the border as the fence went in.

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News & Politics

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• Border Fence
• illegal immigration
• Mexican border
• DHS
• American Border Patrol

[Anymajordude5]

I wonder if I could get over this fence with a ladder.

[NnelgRecneps]

I live right on the border. There is a new five-mile wide, 18-ft steel beam fence here. So far in the past year, no one has used a ladder to get over it. The U.S. Border Patrol has long-range cameras that can see into Mexico, and it is mostly desert with very little vegetation for cover. Someone carrying a large ladder or transporting a one in a truck would be very conspicuous.

[BErectus]

Anyone familiar with physical security knows that there are two components: (1) detect & delay (2) response. The fence provides detection and delays invaders, but without a response force it does not stop penetration. A warning shot followed by a shot to the head will end illegal entry instantly. Harsh actions, perhaps. But drug violence, kidnapping, and murder are harsh, too. Sometimes the best way to fight fire is with fire.

[TelfLad]

Go the whole way, hell get detained illegal immigrants to build it.

[KamekoBruns]

@BErectus

LOL. Yeah. The fence really delays people.

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Maybe a few seconds....

[KamekoBruns]

@NnelgRecneps Who needs a ladder?

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The fence doesn't stop anyone. Either they climb it or burrow under it. The fence is a horrid waste of tax dollars. We need to find a better way to secure our border. If we built it similar to the Israeli fence there would be no climbing it. Our fence is nothing but placebo.

[Linescrew1]

Remember: Canada is the ONLY COUNTRY (via Imperial Britain) to have invaded and burned Washington D.C. in August of 1814! I don`t see too much worry about this now. Maybe the "sleeper cells" of the 100,000 Canadians in the U.S.A. on any given day will one day awake: we will bring a multiparty democracy and some free medical treatment. The low key invasion will work in a sly way and the people will rejoice! lol. MAYBE CANADA SHOULD HAVE A FENCE TOO!!!

[ATITANIC1992]

What about minfields and "pay-per.minute" mounted machineguns pointing towards mexico. Kidding

[joesphx19]

@BErectus

That is a good start. Antipersonnel mines between the layers would provide an even greater deterent. The mexicans use lethal force on their southern border. We should as well.

[rawdawg15]

@X4SerioX4ese

I know, your parents got in