(12-22-2018, 03:04 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(12-22-2018, 10:00 AM)Sneakers Wrote: Hey, it's great that you recognize we have a problem and want to prevent it.  It sounds like your only point of contention now is the design of the actual physical barrier and it's relative value.  What type of "fence" do you envision?  I don't think the stuff you can buy at Home Depot is going to get the job done.

I drive by one of the two prison facilities in Orange County from time to time. Two layers of twelve foot high chain link fence with barbed wire loops at the top seem to do the job quite well, but you only need that level of security in areas that are highly populated or highly developed, near roads or cities for instance. And other areas, all you need is patrol by vehicles and aircraft and maybe a few lookout towers per mile.

As JagNGeorgia has pointed out, what works in a prison setting, will not be effective for border security.  A simple pair of wire cutters and your chain link fences will slow the crossing by about two minutes...…..not exactly an overwhelming deterrent.  What else have you got?

P.S.  How many vehicles and aircraft do you plan to devote to this patrol and how far apart are the lookout towers?

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