Law enforcement agents and immigration advocates are debating the height of a replacement border wall planned at Friendship Park near Imperial Beach.
CBP Chief Deputy Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk showed off a makeshift ladder agents have recovered. She says smugglers fashion it with tape, rope and metal to throw up on the walls. Despite the ingenuity, Agent McGurk said the higher bollard-style fences are more effective.
"There is a psychological reason. It’s a high fence. You don’t want to cross it, but it’s also tall enough our agents can see through and see what’s coming at you," McGurk said. Higher fences reduced the injuries to agents and migrants rushing the wall and would-be climbers can't create a disturbance by throwing large rocks over it, according to McGurk. She also said that injuries at the taller border walls seem to only help the traffickers and work against the short-staffed CBP.
"We get drawn off because somebody falls and hurts themselves and we’re busy with that. They’re like, 'Whatever.' They are just going to keep doing what they are doing with their other stuff along the border," she said. McGurk calls the flow of border protection a balance between infrastructure, technology and personnel. She says the agency is offering a $10,000 bonbus to entice new recruits. To protect borders throughout the country, McGurk said they need 20,000 agents -- That’s less than half the number of police officers patrolling New York City.This article tagged under:
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