Eegore wrote on 01/24/23 at 12:56:41: Yeah I still think a physical wall is way to expensive.
I have yet to meet a single soldier, NG, Border patrol, ICE, US Marshall that would choose a wall over more modern technology like drones, vehicles, sensors etc.
A drive through vehicle scanner at every border patrol crossing would cost less than 15 miles of wall. A mobile vehicle scanner on a diesel costs les than 8 miles of wall. Of course I am talking erected walls, not containers that actual drug traffickers aren't impeded by.
What good will those things do? When the administration will sue a state for protecting the border, and millions are flooding the border and border patrol are used to change diapers and ferry illegals into the country,, technology that Could help isn't gonna accomplish crap. The people running the country are screwing us. The cost of a wall is not too much. It's just the start. Someone needs to patrol the border, repair the wall add deterrents where necessary..
And Yeah, I Really don't CARE what the troops doing the job say.
They aren't doing the job.
Walls would pay for themselves.