[ A repair crew's ladder leans against a section of the border fence under repair near Nogales, Ariz., Sunday, July 27, 2014, after suspected smugglers made a garage-sized hole in the steel barrier that divides the U.S. and Mexico. It was one of two incidents this past weekend that left parts of the fence down after floods from rainstorms knocked down a 60-feet stretch of fence. (AP Photo/Nogales International, Curt Prendergast)]
[U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents take photos at the border fence in El Paso, Texas, near the site where Pope Francis will stand on a praying platform on the banks of the Rio Grande in Juarez, Mexico, facing a group along the border fence Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)]
It's already in progress has been since 2005..and it's a waste of time and money:
Some $2.4 billion has been spent since 2005 on a still-unfinished project to erect more than 600 miles of new fence along the US-Mexico border – a finding that is being met with surprise, anger, and consternation by immigrant groups and at least some border residents.
A report, released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), also says $6.5 billion will be needed to maintain the new fencing over the next 20 years. So far, it has been breached 3,363 times, requiring $1,300 for the average repair. [Side note: people don't realize the cost hello each billion is 1000 x 1 million..thats a lot of bucks people!]
(CSM)
Dawn Garner, who lives on a ranch on the US-Mexico border in Naco, Ariz., says spending is so high because workers who are building the fence use local hotels for accommodations and food.
"They should live in tents near the wall and cook their own food, and that would save incredible amounts of money," says Ms. Garner, who reports that 40 illegal immigrants a day cross her small ranch. Money could be saved if the National Guard built the fence and if the Border Patrol itself maintained it, she suggests in a phone interview.
Despite the price tag of maintaining the border fence, authorities have not found a way to determine whether it is helping to halt illegal immigration, the GAO report says.
I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news having worked the Mexican Border as a CPO from San Diego to El Paso sectors 1975-1986 a fence won't stop illegal smuggling of human as well as drug traffic...they will just go over, under or through it...it may slow them down but by no means stop them! Donald Trump is a scammer the only benefit would be to Construction and maintenance companies as it is already! (I'm pretty sure the Donald has already cut deals with his construction buddies for this project)
What needs to be done is beef up (Hire more ICE agents and not tie their hands)...enforce existing Laws ie: enforce the felony law for a second offense of illegal entry,enforce the laws restricting companies from hiring illegal workers,stop giving welfare and medical aid to illegals...and by all means stop the anchor baby crap...if a child is born in the US to a illegal resident they should only be given a certificate of life birth...not citizenship...and the cost of delivery should be billed to the Mexican government! If this was done they would deport themselves...Just a Fact Jack!... Zero cost to US Taxpayers.
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