CBP has released footage of their new wall in San Luis, Arizona, where they’ve already built over 60 miles:
Construction crews continue work on the new border wall system along the SW border near San Luis, AZ. In partnership with @USACEHQ, CBP has constructed over 60 miles of new border wall system along the SW border since 2017 and expects to complete 450 miles by the end of 2020. pic.twitter.com/ZMVqVteMUN
— CBP (@CBP) August 25, 2019
Now to be clear, while this wall is new, it is replacing what was already there. But that’s crucially important because in many cases the old wall didn’t stop people from coming though. This new wall does.
They followed up that video with this one from 2005 vs today, showing just how ineffective the old ‘wall’ was at stopping illegals:
Illegal border crossings in San Luis, AZ, in 2005 versus the same location today: In 2005, 10’ landing mat failed to impede and deny illegal entries. Today, CBP has a triple layered enforcement zone which includes an 18’ bollard wall. pic.twitter.com/DSO5p0h75M
— CBP (@CBP) August 25, 2019
And lastly, here’s one more video they posted in this thread that shows these walls being built:
Numerous wall construction projects are underway across the Southwest border, including projects in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. pic.twitter.com/43OrCdw8J2
— CBP (@CBP) August 25, 2019
Mark Morgan was on Fox and Friends this morning talking about the new wall and dispelling the fake news about it:
Morgan hits back against media reports that Trump hasn’t built any new wall, which is false. Everything they are building is new wall and is exactly what the border patrol requested. He says the media has been trying to confuse the building of new wall with the building of new linear miles of wall. On that point, Morgan says they’ve been acquiring land in the Rio Grande Valley sector for a long time and they anticipate construction of almost 100 new miles of wall to begin very soon.
Watch the videos for more…