Operation B.E.E.F.
Border Survey, June 1 to June 5, 2007

Summary

American Border Patrol conducted an aerial survey of 510 miles of border between June 1 and 5, 2007. This survey did not include most of New Mexico or any of Texas.
The survey was conducted in a Cessna TU-206 using a Sony high definition video camera and Canon EOS-1 Dx 17 megapixel camera with a100-400 mm lens. Video and stills are linked to a given geographical locations using a Garmin 296 GPSMap system.

The video and still data were analyzed to locate each type of fencing along the border. This is done using Google Earth. Once each type of fencing is located, Google Earth is used to measure distances.

Most of the border fencing consists of barbed wire stock fence. Large areas have no fencing of any sort.

Total border surveyed: 550 miles
Single layered people barrier: 66.72 miles
Double layered people barrier: 16.5 miles
Vehicle barrier: 87.78 miles
Barbed wire fencing: 279 miles
No fencing: 100 miles

Barriers of different sorts have been constructed along the border, mostly near populated places. Barriers designed to stop people are mostly made up of 14' steel military airport matting. Barriers designed to stop vehicles differ widely. Some are made up from old railroad rails while come are custom-built using bollard-type piping that is hammered into the ground.

This chartshows the different types of barriers and how much of each was found in this survey.

This map shows the extent of the survey and is a Key Mapshowing where along the border the barriers can be found.

INDIVIDUAL CHARTS SHOWING LOCATION OF BARRIERS
Douglas Naco
Nogales Lochiel Sasabe Lukeville Yuma Calexico Jacumba Campo San Diego


Progress
Comparing the results of this survey with surveys conducted starting in August, 2006, ABP has concluded that 2 miles of new double-layered fencing has been constructed along the border since September, 2006. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 was signed on October 26, 2006.

ABP has also noted a significant slowdown in barrier construction activity since March 20, 2007.

ABP will perform another survey, this time including the border from east of El Paso, Texas to San Diego, California, before the end of July, 2007. An updated progress report will be issued in early August, 2007.

Resources
Continous high-definition video of the entire survey area is available to be reviewed by responsible agencies. ABP has prepared files that can be imported to Google Earth showing more than 200 medim resolution photographs of the area surveyed. High resoluton photographs are also available.

http://www.americanborderpatrol.com/JUN ... tmain.html