[BeauBo]

DHS/ICE/Border Patrol would have to specify high construction standards and inspect for acceptance. Perhaps they could even provide a standing contract with mile by mile defined task orders, pre-priced for execution. The Border Patrol could accept maintenance of segments contiguous with theirs, while sponsors maintain (or not) their isolated segments.

Get it done quickly, and where it is most needed. Allow ranchers, groups of concerned citizens, States, and even Cities or Counties to finance their own needs, in their own timeframes, while ensuring high standards of interoperability and maintainability for DHS/ICE.

A $10 or $20 billion bill could be bitten off in $5 or $10 million dollar bites, from many sources. Organizations could freely arise to assist the effort.

[Don Corleone]

Close the border! Surely you jest. The only ones that want a secure border are the American citizens. The politicians from both sides want it open, one for political reasons, the other for economic.

[Ben Ficklin]

Chris Simcox was going to build a border fence back in 2006. He collected huge sums from the minutemen and freepers, but built only a 3 strand wire fence and put the rest of the money in his pocket.

Then, 3 or 4 years ago, the AZ lege authorized the building of a fence with private money, but they finally shut that down for lack of money.