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US agents discover tunnel in Texas leading toward Mexican border

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...r-patrol-agents-discover-60-foot-tunnel-where

Border patrol agents in Texas have reportedly discovered a 60-foot tunnel being built near the Rio Grande River leading toward Mexico.

Authorities found the tunnel, which was still under construction, in Hidalgo, Texas, a local CNN affiliate reported Friday.
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Build all the walls you want & they can still tunnel under them. Where there's a will there's a way. This is why walls are a simplistic solution that just does not work.
 

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...r-patrol-agents-discover-60-foot-tunnel-where

Border patrol agents in Texas have reportedly discovered a 60-foot tunnel being built near the Rio Grande River leading toward Mexico.

Authorities found the tunnel, which was still under construction, in Hidalgo, Texas, a local CNN affiliate reported Friday.
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Build all the walls you want & they can still tunnel under them. Where there's a will there's a way. This is why walls are a simplistic solution that just does not work.

On a related news note, which I did not see discussed here:

It seems the largest mass border breach in AZ history recently occurred by digging multiple tunnels under an existing section of border wall - 376 individuals made it through to the U.S. side.

TUCSON — The largest single group of migrant families and minors ever recorded in the Yuma area tunneled underneath a border fence and voluntarily turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, according to Customs and Border Protection officials in Arizona.

A group of 376 migrants, composed almost overwhelmingly of Guatemalan families and children seeking asylum, breached the U.S.-Mexico border just before noon Monday, approximately 4½ miles east of the San Luis commercial port of entry.

Source: (AZCentral) Largest-ever group of migrant families tunnels under Yuma border fence
 

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Give Trump long enough and he'll have the US replacing its laser guided bombs and missiles with trebuchets.
 

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Give Trump long enough and he'll have the US replacing its laser guided bombs and missiles with trebuchets.

The Great Wall of China didn't keep the Mongols out & a wall 100 feet high will not stop Latinos from getting across the border.
 

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The Great Wall of China didn't keep the Mongols out & a wall 100 feet high will not stop Latinos from getting across the border.

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No, but it's a fine tourist attraction. LOL


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376 individuals made it through to the U.S. side.

To clarify, those are just the 376 that decided to turn themselves in. How many used the tunnel before them... ?
 

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To clarify, those are just the 376 that decided to turn themselves in. How many used the tunnel before them... ?
Unfortunately, the article I cited is mum on the issue.
 
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