Comments by "Scott Franco" (@scottfranco1962) on "Life in the Shadow of US-Mexico border Wall - BBC News" video.

  1. This is a good first hand look at the border and the issues. It is a bit biased however. It says "a wall never stopped anyone throughout history". This is not true. Any military person will tell you that undefended barriers are useless. The barrier is to slow people down. The crucial part of the barrier is following it up with patrols or cameras or more likely a combination of both. The barrier on the border of California and Mexico is an example. It is a steel barrier followed by a fence with a road between them. Sure, people can put effort into climbing the first barrier, but by that time they have been spotted, and a patrol has been sent to pick them up. The very use of "wall" is also a bias, one that even Trump uses. There is no brick and mortar "wall" along the border. Its not necessary. What is used instead is fencing or steel sheeting, and the next development is the Bollard fence. Steel sheets are hard to get through, but opaque. Fences can be seen through, but are easy to cut with tools. The Bollard fence is a compromise of square steel tubing that cannot be cut without advanced tooling. PS. Fences keep people out, not drugs. If drug mules are on both sides of the fence, it is easy to just throw a bag over the barrier to people waiting on the other side. Both sides of the fence mus be watched to prevent drug trafficking.
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  2. "What's wrong with USA treating llegal immigrants the same way that Mexico does?" oh you mean raping and killing them? We don't do that because we are not a-holes.
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