kender: Texas ranchers who would “gladly give up their land”? They ALL need to gladly give up their land, not some. And who said they were all ranchers? Some are small businesses, some large, and at least one is a university, my former employer. Funny thing is, I’ve walked that campus for hours at all times and seasons and I’ve never seen an illegal cross onto university campus. It would be a stupid place to cross. There are lots of places that are relatively open that do not have problems with illegals crossing.
> Are you actually saying that a huge wall, patrolled at regular intervals would not stem the flow of illegals?
At current and reasonable staffing levels, yes. How many border patrol agents do you think would be required to patrol 2,000+ miles are “regular intervals? A lot larger force than we have now, and it has tripled in the last few years. Do you think corruption may be a problem with a low-paid force of border patrol officers and drug money flowing? Yep. Already is. The army and marines gets high quality people for many reasons, but the type of person who would want to watch a few mile section of fence and collect a pension is bad news.
