[dirtboy]

No they didn’t, I live in Arizona. They put NG troops down there, gave them no guns, and made them stay in the BP office and do paperwork. The drones never got going, all they did was try out cameras that were made my some big contributor and then took them down before they could really be tested.

And do you seriously think it would be any different with the fedgov in Texas? Seriously?

There is an advantage to a fence. It cannot be turned off (like the virtual fence) or ignored or not issued bullets.

Yeah, the fence in California is not 100 percent effective. But it appears to be 90 percent effective, which is pretty darn good for anything the fedgov does. Fence opponents are engaged in the classic exercise of trying to make the perfect the enemy of the good. There is a reason why every secure facility has a fence around it. You still need patrols and guards. But they go a lot further when they are patrolling a fence instead of open country.

[McGavin999]

Right, that's why there is no longer an illegal immigration problem in California and it's all prosperous and sunshiny today.

Go check out what happened in the Yuma AZ sector where it was legitimately tried and was so successful they shut it down quick before the word could spread on how effective it was.

Texas and Arizona both have a lot of Military bases and those bases could provide the manpower and assets to shut down the border overnight. And yes, I do believe Perry would do it. He's spent a lot of money that is Texas taxpayer money (that should have gone elsewhere) trying to shut down the border because the drug cartels are getting seriously dangerous.