To Congress: Border Fence is a Failure
Dear Senator XXXXXXXX
President Obama promised that before tackling the issue of immigration reform our border would be secured. This has not happened and is very far from being accomplished. The highly touted "electronic border fence" has failed, according to the Department of Homeland Security:
"It was a great idea, but it didn't work," said Mark Borkowski, executive director of the electronic fence program at the Homeland Security Department.
"One of the kickers was that these radars had too many problems with clutter," Borkowski said. "Wind moving a tree shows up on the radar. And if you have too much of that, how do you find the person in the clutter? Same with cameras. The image is blurry."
The problems have prompted Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to order a department-wide assessment of the technology project once billed as the capstone to the controversial 2,000-mile combined physical and electronic border fence.
She even says that they should consider other means of border control. Yet the White House and Congress have dramatically reduced funding for other means of border control.
This means that our border is still unprotected. This means that any sort of "comprehensive immigration reform" or Amnesty for illegal aliens CAN NOT proceed. The Obama Administration has made this promise to the American people. Without border security that actually works it is meaningless to seek an amnesty for illegal aliens, because even more will be encouraged to enter.
Please stop all discussions of comprehensive immigration reform since the DHS can not certify that border control is operable.
Sincerely,
XXXXXXX