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Where are the reports?
The border patrol says it has worked where barriers exist, but what is "it"? At designated control points? In the vast middle of absolutely nowhere in the desert?
Where did it work?
When did it work?
What exactly "worked"? "Worked" tells us mostly nothing. "We stopped a guy with a switchblade coming through a fence near Los Algondones. He looked really mean" is anecdotal and for the most part useless. THAT is the kind of justification we get concerning how a barrier "worked".
What did the barriers accomplish?
What are the qualified results? I haven't seen them.
How do the existing answers to these questions justify Trump's Wall? Trump has not provided any of that information.
The head of the union representing U.S. Border Patrol agents said Wednesday that a wall along the southern border was only necessary in "strategic locations."
During a Senate hearing on staffing needs for Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), National Border Patrol Council president Brandon Judd said, "We don't need a great wall of the United States. We do not need 2,000 miles of border wall. I will tell you, however, that a wall in strategic locations is absolutely necessary."
Judd said the current fencing "can be defeated," explaining to the senators that he has spent time finding holes in the fence.
"If we do a wall and we do it properly on the border, we can in fact effectuate a better arrest rate and we can in fact secure the border,” he said. "Before we do that we have to address the current issues that we have."
President Trump made immigration enforcement and securing the southwest border a priority in his campaign and has followed up with executive action since he took office, directing CBP to hire 5,000 additional agents and ICE to hire 10,000 additional agents.
This will be a major undertaking for the agencies.
Border Patrol chief: 'If we do it right' the wall will be 'important' and 'effective'
Trump's US-Mexico border wall gives Arizona town sense of worry and hope
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-...-strategic-locations-border/story?id=46316556