Thread: Fence Will Fall Far Short - Squandering Your Money

Fence Will Fall Far Short - Squandering Your Money in the Process
September 10, 2008
Glenn Spencer - American Border Patrol

Survey Data Shows Snail's Pace on Border
American Patrol Report -- A survey data report release by American Border Patrol shows that the federal government has added only 23 miles of new fencing since April, or about five miles per month. Based on this progress it appears very unlikely that the Department of Homeland Security will meet the legal requirement of adding 340 miles of new fencing by the end of this year.

The survey data, collected as part of Operation B.E.E.F. http://www.rightsidenews.com/images/sto ... n_beef.pdf , shows that only108 new miles of new, almost entirely single-layered fencing has been added since the signing of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 that called for 700 miles of double-layered fence. The ABP report shows that DHS has added 161 miles of vehicle barrier. ABP does not classify these barriers as fencing as they can be easily crossed by pedestrians and clearly do not meet the intent of Congress.

The Secure Fence Act was changed in December 2007 by an amendment pushed through by Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson. It gave the Secretary of Homeland Security discretion in deciding where and what type of fencing should be constructed. Some say she gutted the fence project. --

The Hutchinson amendment does require, however, that DHS complete 340 miles of fencing by December 31. "The DHS is required by law to complete 340 miles of new fencing by the end of the year, but I don't see them doing it," said Glenn Spencer of ABP.

Spencer said DHS would have to have constructed 232 miles of fencing since its last survey in late July, or 46 miles per month. "Based on recent data, it seems most likely that they will fall far short," Spencer added. Spencer said that ABP will perform another aerial survey in late September to check on fence progress.

Here Comes the Excuse -- Out of Money
According to press reports, DHS says it may not have enough money to finish the border fence this year, even though Congress had provided $2.7 billion to do the job. “This is an outrage,â€

Well it does not look like the fencing is going to work, does it?

So now what... Interior enforcement oh boy! There are the American Citizens needing to work, i-9ers, green card holders, visas holders working and then the illegal criminal aliens trying to find the cash jobs to do.

Let's not go to a flat sales tax, because then American citizens will not count at all. (I have re-thought this one.)