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Old 08-24-2016, 12:09 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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That isn't going to stop anybody with a torch. Unless you have a wall that is several feet of concrete reinforced with rebar it isn't going to do anything.
They have to design walls to stop these:

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Old 08-24-2016, 12:12 PM
 
Location: In your head, rent free
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US Border Patrol already has tools to stop people with ladders.

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Old 08-24-2016, 12:13 PM
 
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If memory serves, that bill was talked to death. If memory serves a big hang up was the path to citizenship and delaying making E-verify the law of the land until after the path to citizenship was approved. If memory serves another sticking point was the complete lack of accountability for those here who have violated employment laws and committed tax fraud. This bill was talked to death with neither side budging. That is if this is the bill the so-called gang of 8 came up with. If so than it was stuffed with pork spending and the majority of the bill did nothing to address actual immigration reform. It was a thinly disguised amnesty plan.

You're exactly right!
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Old 08-24-2016, 12:16 PM
 
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For the doubting Thomas'.


Where U.S.-Mexico border fence is tall, it works


San Diego Fence Provides Lessons in Border Control : NPR
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Old 08-24-2016, 01:15 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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US Border Patrol already has tools to stop people with ladders.
As long as they have enough people. How many guards are patrolling the border at any one point?
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Old 08-24-2016, 05:38 PM
 
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As long as they have enough people. How many guards are patrolling the border at any one point?
Building the 700 mile wall on the most porous areas of our border already approved by congress would free up the Border Patrol to patrol the other areas.
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Old 08-24-2016, 05:44 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Building the 700 mile wall on the most porous areas of our border already approved by congress would free up the Border Patrol to patrol the other areas.
It was for 670 miles, and it was already built.

Quite obviously it did not fix the problem, since the argument is that the border is wide open.
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Old 08-24-2016, 05:50 PM
 
Location: Palo Alto
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We bought a house in Santa Fe and find New Mexico quite charming in an Old Mexico sort of way.
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Old 08-24-2016, 06:19 PM
 
Location: Georgia
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They are being devestated by crime and problems, but at least in one border town they are not waiting for the 2016 race to make the choice to take their own actions.

New Mexico town has 18ft high STEEL WALL erected to keep illegal immigrants out | Daily Mail Online
Awesome! Trump should visit.
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Old 08-24-2016, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Georgia
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Wall should be 30-40 feet tall and at least 3 feet thick.
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