Luxman
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The is no border wall, there are only fences covering about 20% of the border, and all were built before Trump conned his way into becoming president.
How much of the border already has a wall or a fence?
Roughly one-third of the U.S.-Mexico line, or 654 miles, has security fencing, according to extensive government reporting on the subject.
In some ways, that number is misleading: There are just 354 miles of pedestrian barrier. The rest is vehicle barrier, low-lying posts designed to stop cars and trucks. “Vehicle fencing has been effective in slowing and prohibiting drive throughs, vehicle fencing is not designed to slow or deter illegal entrants from entering or smuggling contraband,” a 2017 report from the Government Accountability Office states.
Put another way, more than 80 percent of the boundary has no man-made obstacle to stop people crossing on foot. Some segments seem truly wide open. The Border Patrol’s Big Bend Sector in Texas covers 510 miles of border and has only 5 miles of fence.
Perhaps as important as the amount of fencing is its effectiveness.
Where they exist, fences do deter some crossers and slow down others. And modern pedestrian fencing, usually with tall steel bollards, is more effective than older styles. The GAO report concluded crossers breached “legacy” pedestrian fencing at an average rate of 82 breaches per fence mile, compared with an average of 14 breaches per fence mile of modern pedestrian fencing.
But even the 18-foot-tall steel barriers can be scaled in seconds by a reasonably athletic person. And makeshift ladders are common.
The GAO report concluded that agents find pedestrian fencing in urban areas effective at pushing illicit activity out of town. However, the government “cannot measure the contribution of fencing to border security operations along the southwest border because it has not developed metrics for this assessment.”
https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...er-mexico-united-states-wall-built/647521001/
How much of the border already has a wall or a fence?
Roughly one-third of the U.S.-Mexico line, or 654 miles, has security fencing, according to extensive government reporting on the subject.
In some ways, that number is misleading: There are just 354 miles of pedestrian barrier. The rest is vehicle barrier, low-lying posts designed to stop cars and trucks. “Vehicle fencing has been effective in slowing and prohibiting drive throughs, vehicle fencing is not designed to slow or deter illegal entrants from entering or smuggling contraband,” a 2017 report from the Government Accountability Office states.
Put another way, more than 80 percent of the boundary has no man-made obstacle to stop people crossing on foot. Some segments seem truly wide open. The Border Patrol’s Big Bend Sector in Texas covers 510 miles of border and has only 5 miles of fence.
Perhaps as important as the amount of fencing is its effectiveness.
Where they exist, fences do deter some crossers and slow down others. And modern pedestrian fencing, usually with tall steel bollards, is more effective than older styles. The GAO report concluded crossers breached “legacy” pedestrian fencing at an average rate of 82 breaches per fence mile, compared with an average of 14 breaches per fence mile of modern pedestrian fencing.
But even the 18-foot-tall steel barriers can be scaled in seconds by a reasonably athletic person. And makeshift ladders are common.
The GAO report concluded that agents find pedestrian fencing in urban areas effective at pushing illicit activity out of town. However, the government “cannot measure the contribution of fencing to border security operations along the southwest border because it has not developed metrics for this assessment.”
https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...er-mexico-united-states-wall-built/647521001/
