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Border crossers finding new fence painful
ABC15.com ^ | 9/6/11 | Associated Press

Posted on 09/06/2011 12:56:32 PM PDT by mdittmar

NOGALES, AZ - The higher the wall, the harder they will fall. That's what border crossers trying to scale the new border fence at Nogales are painfully finding out.

The imposing new border fence running through Nogales is proving to be a treacherous obstacle for suspected illegal immigrants

A Nogales Police Department report says on Aug. 12, a woman broke her leg after climbing the border fence.

Two days later, officers found a second injured fence climber. And a third, suspected illegal immigrant from China fell and broke his leg on Aug 22.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc15.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; bordersecurity; illegals; mx
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To: mdittmar
Yeah, Perry was saying that all you need to get over a 30 foot fence is a 35 foot ladder.

But the back side of the fence can be a real bear as this story indicates. And it's pretty easy to catch someone with a broken leg or ankle.

So Perry's quip is lame (pun intended).

21 posted on 09/06/2011 1:17:03 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: mdittmar

I like a nice sign warning about landmines. And having actual landmines, too.


22 posted on 09/06/2011 1:19:42 PM PDT by jdsteel (I like the way the words "Palin for President" make progressives apoplectic.)
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To: mdittmar
Good, it is not only a barrier but also a deterrent. Rick Perry should pay attention.
23 posted on 09/06/2011 1:21:12 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: dirtboy

And a third, suspected illegal immigrant from China fell and broke his leg on Aug 22....


24 posted on 09/06/2011 1:21:59 PM PDT by traumer
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To: tet68

Not on both sides, of course.


25 posted on 09/06/2011 1:24:01 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: dennisw

Well, good grief, that fence didn’t work. Look who’s in there now!


26 posted on 09/06/2011 1:25:02 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Pelham

“This can’t be true, don’t believe your lying eyes. I have it on good authority that such fences do not work. Just ran across that on a Perry thread, where Perry’s opposition to a border fence was justified for that very reason.”

Didn’t Perry say that if you build a 30-foot fence, they’ll bring a 32-foot ladder?

Seems to me a fall of 30 feet down the other side would slow down a border jumper enough to make it pretty easy for the Border Patrol to catch them, pick them up, and throw them back over the fence.


27 posted on 09/06/2011 1:25:18 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: muawiyah

Ha!


28 posted on 09/06/2011 1:27:01 PM PDT by mdittmar (i)
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To: dirtboy

You bad boy.


29 posted on 09/06/2011 1:27:13 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: mdittmar

Three broken legs vs how many who scaled the wall and weren’t hurt? Wow......that’s really effective.


30 posted on 09/06/2011 1:29:17 PM PDT by Texan
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To: mdittmar

We need to add some more height to this thing, and increase the fall from orthopedic to neurological height.


31 posted on 09/06/2011 1:29:42 PM PDT by surely_you_jest
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To: SharpRightTurn

Yup. Perry seems to have a great deal of faith in ladders and not much in fences.

I have noticed that some high security installations employ fences, so evidently they didn’t get Perry’s memo.


32 posted on 09/06/2011 1:33:38 PM PDT by Pelham ("Resist we much!" - Al 'Jiffypop' Sharpton)
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To: mdittmar

Maybe they could get Lee Ermey out there to motivate them over. No?


33 posted on 09/06/2011 1:35:18 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: Pelham
While I think the "buy a bigger ladder" defense is stupid, google Rio Grande pics. I would be very pissed as a Texan if the Federal government put a fence along Texas southern border.

It works in many places but not along the Rio Grande.

34 posted on 09/06/2011 1:36:47 PM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: normy

Then what are you going to do? My uncle was the sheriff of Hudspeth County, right along the border east of El Paso. In his day there was very little movement across the border. You mostly worried about the occasional rabid dog straying over.

But today that’s all changed. Cartels are smuggling drugs and people across into Hudspeth. That border is now dangerous. If not a fence, what would you do?


35 posted on 09/06/2011 1:42:06 PM PDT by Pelham ("Resist we much!" - Al 'Jiffypop' Sharpton)
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To: mdittmar

But, but senor Ricardo Perry says fences don’t do nada.


36 posted on 09/06/2011 1:50:10 PM PDT by Tempest (I will be the one to say I told you so.)
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To: Pelham
Troops are probably the best option.

The drug cartel's will tunnel and I understand the dangers but ceding the Rio Grande to the Mexicans is not something I am willing to do.

Truth be told, the actual fix for this is a mile wide demilitarized zone with a fence on their side of the Rio Grande, but of course that would mean war.

37 posted on 09/06/2011 1:51:12 PM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

This is the article I was talking about earlier today.


38 posted on 09/06/2011 1:51:15 PM PDT by HiJinx ("The wealthy and satisfied do not migrate, they stagnate." ~ Louis L'Amour)
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To: Texan
Texas already has strategic border fencing in populated areas. A 1200 mile long fence along the entire Rio Grande River which is Texas' southern border defies common sense. The Big Bend country is extremely rugged and the cost would be astronomical.

Land that isn't included in the park is privately owned and water from the river is used for irrigation and livestock. You can't cut a landowner off from his only source of water.

No fence not under constant surveillance by an armed force willing to use deadly force will keep out someone determined to cross.

In a time of cuts, Texas doubled it's budget for border security.

39 posted on 09/06/2011 1:52:38 PM PDT by Texan
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To: mdittmar
The imposing new border fence running through Nogales is proving to be a treacherous obstacle for suspected illegal immigrants

Well, good. Fences are meant to deter as well as prevent illegal entry. Another reason "virtual" fences are not an acceptable substitute.
40 posted on 09/06/2011 1:53:41 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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