You don't seem to understand that a fence can and does influence flow and causes smugglers to adapt.
While only a fool would believe it stops all flow along a border, it is impossible to dispute their effectiveness when combined with personnel.
Travis
If we keep all the way it is and just add a fence, it will be a HUGE expenditure of dollars for next to no return. I�d be willing to talk fences after we fix a whole lot else. We first need to allow our border patrol to do their jobs to the best of their abilities. And quite honestly, until we have the political resolve to do that, I�m not willing to talk billions for a fence that will be useless.
If the border patrol is set loose, I�d be up for a discussion of a fence. But any fence absent manpower to watch that fence line is just throwing more good money after bad.
