MarathonMike
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- Dec 30, 2014
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The one subject I have disagreed with Donald Trump and many Conservatives is the need for a much bigger, longer wall on the Southern border. I believe the billions of dollars would be much better spent on giving the border agents and personnel the best technology available and the increased personnel to operate and maintain it. We have equipment right now at the border that malfunctions or breaks down frequently. That allows huge numbers of illegals to pass right through the border crossing. A bigger wall doesn't fix that. We could also greatly expand the use of drones and unmanned surveillance aircraft that could operate at night when most of the border crossers and drug smugglers are active. We also need better technology to detect tunnels that are always being built. They just discovered another tunnel that comes up through an abandoned KFC. How many millions of dollars of drugs and/or illegals came through there?
Rather than one huge physical wall that they will certainly go over or under, if you invest in technology and manpower, you create a real deterrent. The word will get out that you have no chance making it more than a few miles into the US before you are caught. "The Wall" IMO is a zone that with the right technology and right amount of manpower will stop nearly all illegal traffic. So spend the money, just spend it in ways that solve the problem.
Rather than one huge physical wall that they will certainly go over or under, if you invest in technology and manpower, you create a real deterrent. The word will get out that you have no chance making it more than a few miles into the US before you are caught. "The Wall" IMO is a zone that with the right technology and right amount of manpower will stop nearly all illegal traffic. So spend the money, just spend it in ways that solve the problem.