Originally Posted By: Coyotehunter_Originally Posted By: ADK "Mexican national dies after apparent fall from Arizona border wall!" By Kenneth Garger
August 3, 2020 | 2:13am
Were they using your ladders?
No he was using a fork lift truck and/or scissor lift.
Fifty others made it across the wall in a hot air balloon.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/03/mexican-national-dies-after-apparent-fall-from-border-wall/
Originally Posted By: Coyotehunter_Not all conservatives are for a wall. I'm against illegal immigration into the USA but think that the wall is a waste of money because it won't really stop people from coming here illegally. All they need to do is tunnel under the wall, go around the wall or over the wall. The wall is not effective and a waste of money.
Let's see, now, one dies attempting to climb the wall using forklift and 50 get across on hot air balloon.....And this compares, just how to.......
Quote:June 5, 2019, 1:45 PM CDT
Border Patrol officers encountered more than 144,000 undocumented immigrants at the southwest border in May, the largest monthly total in 13 years, officials said Wednesday.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigra...er-may-n1014186
Never mind, I'll save you the trouble.....
Quote:
CBP Enforcement Numbers
In May 2020, CBP’s enforcement encounters with illegal aliens totaled more than 23,000 individuals, 84 percent lower than the record set in May of 2019, which was 144,000.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-announces-may-2020-operational-update
No one ever said the wall would be a stand alone solution to the border problem, just another tool in CBP's box, which would appear to be working pretty well.
ETA: BTW, Coyote, I see you're in IN....I live a mile from the wall, c'mon down and I'll take you out for a little closer look at how it works.
Regards,
hm