Facing the Facts -- CNN Avoids Hard Truth

Facing the Facts
CNN Avoids Hard Truth

CNN -- February 13

As new fencing went in, apprehensions at Yuma plummeted. -- A similar thing happened at San Diego... See larger graph

Border fence is a dividing line in immigration debate
By John King, CNN Chief Nat'l Correspondent
    On CNN's "State of the Union," CNN host and chief national correspondent John King goes outside the Beltway to report on the issues affecting communities across the country. King recently traveled to Arizona, to explore the debate over how to control illegal immigration
    San Luis, Az. -- [...] To the Border Patrol agents stationed in Yuma Sector, there is no debate. To them, the fence is a success story. From a Vietnam War-vintage Huey helicopter, pilot Chad Smith points across the border to Mexico's Highway 2 and then to the barriers that help stop illegal immigrants from making a sprint into southern Arizona.
    "You can see the triple-layer fencing," Smith tells us as he lowers the helicopter and hovers over what was once a major crossing point for illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. "Steel fence right on the border, the pedestrian fence about 90 feet north of that, and then the chain-link fence with the barbed wire."
    American Patrol Report: The chart shows that the fencing at Yuma works. Why won't CNN report these hard numbers?