How about the News of Trump's wall already being breached before he even finishes a few miles of it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/smugglers-are-sawing-through-new-sections-of-trumps-border-wall/2019/11/01/25bf8ce0-fa72-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.htmlA Washington Post
report published Saturday said smugglers have repeatedly sawed through newly built sections of the wall using a widely available cordless reciprocating saw that costs as little as $100. Gangs are also using makeshift ladders to scale the barriers, the Post reported.
Trump's statement is a far cry from years of campaigning that a border wall would be nearly impossible for smugglers to overcome. In a
visit to one of the construction sites in September, Trump said the border wall is "virtually impenetrable" and could not be climbed.
Trump initially wanted to build a concrete wall along the length of the border but was talked out of it by Homeland Security officials who said the bollard system is a superior design because it allows agents to see through to the other side.
"Frankly, an all-concrete wall would have been a much less expensive wall to build," Trump said in September during
a visit to new sections of the barrier in San Diego. "But from the standpoint of Border Patrol, they were very much opposed to it."
As he left the White House for Andrews Air Force Base en route to New York on Saturday, Trump was asked if he was concerned about smugglers cutting through the new wall.
"I haven't heard that," Trump responded. "We have a very powerful wall. But no matter how powerful, you can cut through anything, in all fairness. But we have a lot of people watching. You know cutting, cutting is one thing, but it's easily fixed. One of the reasons we did it the way we did it, it's very easily fixed. You put the chunk back in," Trump said.
The Trump administration has
so far completed 76 miles of new barriers, all of it in areas like San Diego where the structure has replaced older, shorter and, in some cases, dilapidated fencing.
An additional 158 miles of barrier are under construction, according to CBP, and the agency said
276 miles are in a "preconstruction" phase.The administration is on track to complete 450 miles of barriers by the end of next year, CBP acting commissioner Mark Morgan said last week. The latest construction data obtained by The Post show that the administration
has finished just 2 percent of the barrier planned for stretches of border in Texas, where plans call for 166 miles of new fencing. Almost all of that barrier would be built on private land that the government
has yet to acquire (against the will of the owners, I add).
Trump campaigned on
a promise to make Mexico pay for construction of the barrier, but nearly
$10 billion that
HIS administration has budgeted for the project has been taxpayer money
from U.S. funding sources, primarily the Defense Department.
...And, dear Trump supporters and border wall lovers. This is exactly (on of the reasons) why Democrats wanted to share in a negotiation with Republicans about immigration. Republicans weren't really clamoring for a wall and a wall alone until Trump came and hijacked the conversation. Dems knew a physical wall needed to be discussed, along with additional technological ways of defending the border. But Trump wanted ACTION and he wanted SIMPLE.
Ultimately, was a lie and ineffective.
