If the BP is guarding on the two miles of the other side of the fence it isn’t giving the land up if no one is allowed to build there. Give the people that are already living there the opportunity to stay or sell. There are people that have private property on federal land behind fences. This could actually be reserved as a wilderness area for camping, rafting, etc like in Big Bend.
If the BP was empowered and staffed to guard the present border and enforce the laws already in the books ... well then, we wouldn't be talking about the damn fence in the first place.
A fence is not being built. The word "fence" implies that it would be a continuous barrier across the entire 1952 miles of our southern border. What the Secure Fence Act did was "authorize" the construction of 700 miles of what are essentially wall sections ... and it didn't provide funding directly tied to that construction. After the Secure Fence Act passed, Congress, in a separate piece of legislation, passed a separate funding bill that authorized the administration to distribute money for many things, not just the "fence". Included are projects for roads, technology and tactical infrastructure that support the Department of Homeland Security's "virtual fence".
The whole saga is nothing but a smoke screen to distract the hoi polloi from the fact that all that is needed to secure our borders is to enforce existing immigration laws.
Once that's being done Lady Liberty's golden lamp can still be lifted for all those among the tired , poor, huddled masses who choose to abide by the rule of law.
< / stepping down off my soapbox