I’itoi Has Spoken
Feb 28th, 2008 | By Michel Marizco | Category: General News, Immigration, Politics
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THE BORDER REPORT
The Man in the Maze, the Trickster, has decided – no digital border fence. Rather, Homeland Security Department decided – or maybe the Federal Reserve. Either way, the $20 million virutal wall, which uses wi-fi, video cameras and radar to detect illegal entries, has now been virtually scrapped. The Feds will complete the current 28 miles around Sasabe, but have no plans to implement the technology anywhere else along the border.
The hell of it is, the system could have actually worked, high costs aside. We already spend $1.6 billion -plus on the U.S. Border Patrol every year, what's another $8 billion (GAO's estimate) to actually finish the job?
Unless of course, we’re just not supposed to have a system that works too well. It’s a bit of a tinfoil argument, I know, but what else are we expected to believe when a solution is developed over the course of a year-and-a-half and, when nearing success, is quietly shut down?
I also find the timing of the scrapping of this plan somewhat … convenient. The springtime rush of illegal immigrants should already be starting up.
For us in Arizona, it means we're back where we've been for the past decade.
And yes Tom, we're still number one for illegal entries here in Tucson Sector.
-- Michel Marizco
