The $147-million border wall replacement project fills a 14-mile stretch of the U.S-Mexico border.
Along a dirt road situated between a middle-class neighborhood in eastern Tijuana and warehouses in Otay Mesa, border patrol agents celebrated the completion of a $147-million border wall replacement project Friday.
The steel panels accomplished that goal, but illegal border crossings have evolved, modernized and adapted. Smugglers could easily climb the steel panels — which were as short as four feet in some places — and push them over in certain places.Coupled with other border infrastructure in the area — including stadium lighting, motion sensors, cameras and, of course, Border Patrol agents — the new border fence should increase agent safety and decrease human and drug smuggling, Scudder said.
First, they can see through spaces in between the steel beams so the agents won’t be caught off guard by people running up to the fence or even throwing rocks over the structure. Second, the taller obstacle takes longer to climb, which gives agents more time to respond.“If we didn’t have a wall like this and you could just jump over within seconds,” said agent Vincent Pirro. “How fast can you be in a car? You’ll be in a car into the United States in a matter of minutes.
This project was part of a plan proposed in 2009 by the Obama administration and funded in 2017 by the Trump administration to replace existing border barriers.
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