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Mexican congressman climbs U.S. border fence to illustrate that Trump's wall is 'totally absurd'

• By DAVID CAPLAN

Mar 3, 2017, 1:11 AM ET

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A Mexican congressman went to great lengths -- and heights -- Wednesday to illustrate why he believes that President Trump's controversial U.S.-Mexico border wall is "unnecessary" and "totally absurd."

Braulio Guerra, a congressman from the state of Queretaro, tweeted photos and a video of himself perched atop a 30-foot tall fence that separates the Mexican border city of Tijuana from the U.S.

"I was able to scale it, climb it, and sit myself right here," Guerra said in the video. "It would be simple for me to jump into the United States, which shows that it is unnecessary and totally absurd to build a wall."

He adds, "It's easy, and it shows how unnecessary this project, this political rhetoric from Donald Trump, is."

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In one of the photos Guerra tweeted, two other people atop the wall are visible. Guerra said they were climbing the wall while he was there.

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Mexican congressman Braulio Guerra sits atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall that divides Tijuana, Mexico, from California on March 1, 2017 more +

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Mexican congressman Braulio Guerra sits atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall that divides Tijuana, Mexico, from California on March 1, 2017.more +

"You can climb it with great ease, one climbs in an instant," Guerra says in the video. "I climbed it in Tijuana, one of the highest parts, even from a distance this looks very complex, but there are young people that go up and down, at all times."

It is worth noting, though, that Guerra did not post any photos or video footage of himself climbing the wall, so some in the Twittersphere questioned how he reached the top and how easy such a feat really is.

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Your an idiot!

That is not a wall, it is an old crumbling fence which serves to do absolutely nothing.

Which brings me to the soon to be constructed Trump wall.....

understanding you have a language barrier and need clarification on the difference between a wall and fence,
Here the short, simple for dummies definition:

WALL: a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land.
synonyms:barrier, partition, enclosure, fortification, rampart, barricade, bulwark, stockade

FENCE: a barrier intended to prevent intrusion or to mark a boundary; especially : such a barrier made of railing,
Posts and wire or boards or other upright structure, typically of wood or wire, enclosing an area of ground to mark a boundary or control access.
synonyms:enclose, surround, circumscribe, encircle, circle, encompass

To clarify further, President Trump has no interest to build a fence or fix the fence along the US/Mexico border.

As stated numerous times, President Trump is building a 30 - 40 wall as did Israel which has stopped 98% of the illegal immigration.

So smart ass, come back and climb the Trump wall when it is completed.

I like it. Now just place a sensor line across the top to alert for grappling hooks .... one that will also trip a stadium light that can be seen long distance. Oh, and place a watch tower with a strong spotting scope and high definition infrared night scope about every two miles or so. Don't know what the cost for something like that would be, but it should put a serious dent in illegal crossing.

Barb wire buried 4 feet deep and barb wire across the top.

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Palestinian demonstrators climb on a panel of the controversial Israeli barrier after it was breached...

Hundreds of pictures of what happens after you build a wall @

https://www.google.com/search?q=pict...ZDEWqlIlKQ9JM:

Where is the picture of 200 armed military ready to apprehend on the other side and deport?