Fact is,the federal government is actively fighting those who attempt to enforce immigration law and border enforcement going back decades.
Remember the Minutemen movement? Primarily made up of elderly concerned citizens. George Bush labeled them as “vigilantes”.
Border agents routinely jailed for doing the work Mexicans won't do. Two of which during the Bush admin.
Violence stemming from human/drug trafficking is not new. It's been an everyday occurrence in border states for years, just now escalating out of control.
All the dollars spent on law enforcement in the interior over the years, the billions upon billions spent of this stupid damn war on drugs, we could have built a fence along the entire border.
Buried it twenty feet below the surface, towered it fifty feet above the ground, electrified, place motion sensors every so many yards, cameras, drones, boots....you name it.
Our reps have chosen to pour billions into a huge black hole year after year after year with no accountability what so ever.
Just a thought. Hey, Uncle Sugar, get the hell outta the way and let ordinary citizens take care of the problem.
I can absolutely guarantee there would be thousands of law abiding citizens with personal weapons camping out on private farm and ranch land in weekly shifts delighted to come to the aid of this nation.
That border would become impenetrably within weeks. Doing the job the feds won't do!
Just sayin.
Surveillance is the way to go. Get assets into the air and boots on the ground. Strategic fencing in urban areas where municipalities own the real estate.