“That’s why they make 40 foot ladders.”
That’s close to what Rick Perry the governor of Texas said when he was running for president. He said and I believe it was something along the lines of “if you build a 30-foot wall you’ll have a run on 32 foot ladders”
At the time I thought it was pretty witty because at that point in time I don’t think they were talking about a whole bunch of infrastructure or other security issues backing up the barrier. Which is a more sensible approach as the wall alone would not be enough.
What the American people don’t know, don’t understand or can’t reason out is surely going to kill them one of these days. This is a process not a 30 minute TV series with 10 minutes out for commercials and a scripted happy ending.
That’s close to what Rick Perry the governor of Texas said when he was running for president. He said and I believe it was something along the lines of “if you build a 30-foot wall you’ll have a run on 32 foot ladders”
At the time I thought it was pretty witty because at that point in time I don’t think they were talking about a whole bunch of infrastructure or other security issues backing up the barrier. Which is a more sensible approach as the wall alone would not be enough.
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Exactly. The wall isn't meant to be a 100% standalone solution.
It's meant to be a deterrent and to slow those down who do try to use a 32 foot ladder (for example). Once slowed down, that's when the technology and increased border patrol can be used to either prevent (further deter) or take into custody those that persist.
We will never really be able to prevent 100% of the illegal border crossings, but if we can reduce them by 75% or more, that would be a good start. Then, we can work on removing the Visa overstays, 100% requirement for e-Verify, eliminating taxpayer services, etc. etc.
It all really should have been done a long time ago, but this is the incompetent federal gov't we're talking about here and a largely indifferent population that has put up with it (at least until recently).