Faith writes:
What I was saying was you don't mention what proposals are in place for dealing with the winding river. It may not be what you think.
But we do know what proposals are in place Faith. Surveying has been going on for almost a year now and prototype fence have been made. There are also only a limited number of possiblities, each stupider than the one before.
First we can build a straight line fence and ignore the river, in effect ceding the land south of the fence back to Mexico and taking that land from the current owners.
Second, build the fence right along the river which will more than triple the actual miles of fence needed.
But regardless, we will need to build the access roads to patrol the fence and not a foot of those exist today nor are those costs factored into the current thinking.
In addition, unless we wish to cede all access and use of the river for recreation and fishing there needs to be holes in the fence that will then need the same staffing as border crossings to control who passes through.
Finally, what is needed to get past a 25 foot high fence? A ...