Originally Posted By: The Pun-isher
 Originally Posted By: Wonder Boy
While the same liberal media ignores the effectiveness of the 18 miles of fence at the San-Diego/Tijuana border, that used to be the primary entry-point by illegals, until a double-fence and improved security stopped illegal crossings, drug trafficking, and other accompanying crime almost 100%.
Which is why the primary point of illegal crossings is in New Mexico now.


It sounds like that method got pretty good results. Why only 18 miles?

I'm not on the fence about the need for border security. But if we're gonna do it, we should do it in a way that works.



A small correction, it's actually 14 miles. And it was border fence securing the 14-mile area that was easiest for illegals to cross. The other areas have long stretches of mountains and desert, that deter crossing at those points.
It was an attempt to prove a better border-fence's effectiveness, before moving forward with a more complete securing of our entire southern border.

Here's an article from NPR that describes the effectiveness of the San Diego 14-mile fence, and that it should serve as an example of how to build effective border fences across other sections of the U.S./Mexico border.



And here's Michelle Malkin's page describing the ongoing attempts by open-borders advocates, lobbying by businesses that hire illegals as cheap labor, and bought-and-paid for politicians that are doing their best to obstruct any inprovements to border security.