Re: Might work
The border between Mexico and the USA is 1,954 miles long.* The latest number of customs and emigration patrolling the border is 16,751.* That's a lot you say. Well, the border is accessible to Illegals 24hrs a day seven days a week.* A one officer shift doing a 40 hr week, 5-day week would require 5 agents to fulfill that per week.* Let's discount 50% of the border as being inaccessible*by foot, (mountains etc.). We'll call it 800 accessible miles of border with 3,350 available*shifts, or 4 agents per linear mile.* But we are forgetting legal crossing entrances*to be manned, coming and going, 24hrs a day, legal visas to be checked and trucks and cars with goods to be searched for drugs etc.* Mexico is the US's largest trading partner and trucks by the thousands*cross daily with entry points from Texas in the East to San Diago in the West.
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Many of the interdictions are conducted in truly horrific desert conditions and require agents in pairs and helicopter support as the illegal's guides (known as coyotes) are heavily armed, plus captured illegals, traveling in caravans of twenty or more, women and children too, have to be escorted to transportation back to detention centers.* So, it would be lucky if there was 1 customs officer to miles, not a mile.
What you don't hear is the terrible deaths crossing the desert to civilization,.853 illegals, mostly women with children, died in the last 12 months. Everybody crossing the desert needs at least one gallon of drinking water.* The crossing to civilization*takes 3-5 days, as the*illegals have to hide up during part of the day to avoid spotter airplanes. One gallon of water weighs 8.3lbs. That plus something to carry that amount of water, 25-35 lbs.* Forget canvas pukka water bags, these are poor folk with no money to spare for such luxuries. Plus, they have children, many two or three (who need water too). The dead are left where they lay.* At the first sign of trouble the "coyotes' leave the illegals stranded and race back to Mexico.* They don't care, they got their money in advance $2 or $3,000.00 a head.
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Unfortunately, we cannot shoot the "coyotes". That would be the best way to slow it down. They get cut loose and will be back the next day with another group.
I know a load of numbers is boring reading, but I just wanted you to understand the US problem is a little more difficult than what most countries have with their illegal entry.
The French equivalent of a "coyote", just jams them*in some form of a boat and points them in the direction of England and say's "Bonne Voyage", and rounds up another boat and bears no risk or punishment as I understand it...?* And as for the dead? just a gallic shrug and "Sei la guerre."
Rodney
Rodney David Richard Mills
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