This is Not a Fence
Did DHS Mislead the Public?
American Patrol Report -- February 12
Did the Department of Homeland Security mislead the public? Did it make them think that they had built more than 500 miles of border fence when they really hadn't?
A new video produced by American Border Patrol "This is not a fence," suggests just that. According to ABP, DHS actually built only 200 miles of fence, not 527 miles as it claimed at the end of 2008, and even that didn't meet the standard set in the original Secure Fence Act of 2006.
The video is based on aerial surveys of the border performed as part of Operation B.E.E.F., ABP's watchdog project, and shows how DHS included vehicle barriers in its public pronouncements of fence progress. "I don't think the public is aware of just how useless DHS's so-called vehicle fences really are," said Glenn Spencer, head of ABP and pilot of the aerial survey airplane. ABP shows how smugglers use portable ramps to drive over vehicle barriers and even old ten-foot mat fencing.
ABP is also critical of Lou Dobbs for failing to tell the whole truth about the border. Acknowledging that Dobbs is a hero for taking on tough issues such as illegal immigration, ABP says he falls short on the border fence issue.
"The open borders crowd, including Doris Meissner is now demanding that DHS stop construction of the fence, when in reality it did not do what Congress mandated in the first place," Spencer said. |
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