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January 29, 2006

Let Them Build Their Fences

On December 16th, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that would upgrade illegal immigration to a felony. It would also make it a crime to employ or aid undocumented migrants. And it would authorize “physical infrastructure enhancements” - a fence hundreds of miles long, separating Mexico from the United States of America.

The fence has been a hot issue. Immigration itself is a hot issue, but there really is no getting around the facts of it (there is a supply in Mexico and a demand in the USA - it will happen one way or another).

However, there are ways of getting around a fence. Or over one, or under one. Hasn't Congress seen Shawshank Redemption? Or Hogan's Heroes?

MEXICAN officials have discovered the deepest tunnel ever gouged under the US border, equipped with electricity and ventilation and concealing two tonnes of cannabis. The scale of the tunnel — the 21st discovered in more than four years — stunned authorities, who said that the passageway revealed the lengths to which smugglers would go to evade detection. The underground smuggling route began near the airport in Tijuana, Mexico, and ended 2,400ft (720m) away in a warehouse in San Diego in the US...

Full story here. So, how much would this fence cost, anyway? How high would it be? And, um, how DEEP would the fence be? That's what I need to know.

Wulf Posted by Wulf on January 29, 2006 at 08:34 PM

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Yeah, I believe a fence would be a colossal waste of money, and will not make any difference.

But I think it is very probably that the next terrorist attack will come through the southern border. And we all know who will get blamed for not building a fence, or for not having National Guard on the border, when it happens.

Posted by: AlanDP at January 30, 2006 6:49 AM

Maybe we should build a wall instead. And put landmines down by it. And put machine guns on it. And lasers.

Would it be cheaper to just invade Mexico? I hear they have WMDs.

Posted by: Buckshot at January 31, 2006 5:46 PM

I seem to remember a story from years ago, in which so many illegals were injuring themselves scaling the barrier that the U.S. put in a flimsier fence.

Posted by: The Sanity Inspector at February 1, 2006 11:51 AM

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