'Virtual Fence' Along Border To Be Delayed, page 1

So while delayed, it appears that they are just going to make it stronger, and include more Border Patrol Agent input.

The battle management software part is curious, seeing as I am one of just many trying to raise awareness of certain plots of potentially armed territory reclamation attempts by radical Mexican groups.

When you go look at actual statistics, particularly with the effectiveness of Israeli fences and others already built on the southern border, the notion that fences don't work- is actually pretty debatable. Is just depends on what you consider to be effective, and what kind of fence we're talking about. I'd settle for 50% effective. But considering that actual statistics of formidable barriers show more like 75% to 90% effectiveness, it's sort of a no brainer in my mind. And at the very least I can resort to the argument that's it's better than nothing.

A formidable border fence, as sad as it may be to have to do it, is simply a base phase of a larger plan to effectively control traffic. The very question of Illegal is almost irrelevant at a point where a country is being overrun- even against its own partial will. Something has to be done, physically and/or otherwise to stop it. Considering the extreme situation with undocumented people in the US, it seems appropriate at a point. And brutally tragic. But an action that is forced whether now or in the future.

And those aren't the only concerns. There is documented evidence testimony before hearings of over 200 armed incursions over the border- some of which involve elements of the Mexican military, drug smugglers, etc. And the etc. gets worse. We know some things are politically suppressed, but still, let's face the facts.

Factually, a hefty fence/tunnel detection/virtual situation would provide advance warning of more of these incidents. And advance warning could be deadly critical- in a situation X where Mecha and others reclaiming their territory decide to team up with unknown quantities of military- and people already in the US- to attempt such a feat. SitX's present special problems.

Mexico has it's own serious problem with undocumented immigration of over 400,000 per year incoming at it's southern border- a majority of which are headed to the US. It seems that if Mexico was true to sovereign borders, and wanted to face the facts, maybe more miles of fencing would be built and some budgets allocated there. Mexico might find itself in a better economic situation with that same barrier control regardless of US concern- and save the US money and risk while they're at it...

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