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Tunnel near San Diego

Wall Folly Posted on 2019-01-16 by the wall2019-02-19

A story today about a tunnel found near San Diego.

Trump claims walls work, but the discovery of border tunnels says otherwise
Trump claims walls work, but the discovery of border tunnels says otherwise

NBC News' Jacob Soboroff got a tour of a lengthy and deep underground passage near San Diego.

NBC News NBC News
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Saw meets steel wall

Wall Folly Posted on 2019-01-15 by the wall2019-01-19

A story about what happens when a border wall prototype was tested with a steel saw.

Prototype of Trump’s Wall Proves No Match for Saw
Prototype of Trump’s Wall Proves No Match for Saw

Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

Intelligencer Intelligencer
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Border wall spending a possibility for corruption?

Wall Folly Posted on 2019-01-14 by the wall2019-01-19

The figured being suggested for border wall funding are large.

Corruption has been found in some of the past border wall building efforts.

New allegations in border fence lawsuit: racketeering, bribes and money laundering
New allegations in border fence lawsuit: racketeering, bribes and money laundering

Recent court filings in a case brought by Hidalgo County against a former employee who oversaw construction of a Bush-era border barrier allege a vast kickback scheme worked out over drinks and steak dinners.

The Texas Tribune The Texas Tribune

Some have gone so far as to question whether Trump or Trump cronys might personally profit.

Could Trump's "big, beautiful wall" be a profit engine — for him?
Could Trump's "big, beautiful wall" be a profit engine — for him?

Trump's entire career has been mired in corruption. Why should his ludicrous border wall be any different?

Salon Salon

Certainly an area to keep an eye out, even among some of the recent companies involved with border wall prototypes.

Bad Actors Among Border Wall Contractors
Bad Actors Among Border Wall Contractors

Half of the six contractors that built border wall prototypes had questionable track records, including one contractor that the Army Corps of Engineers felt was too risky to do future business with.

Project On Government Oversight Project On Government Oversight

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Border tunnel found near Nogales, AZ

Wall Folly Posted on 2019-01-13 by the wall2019-02-19

Another drug tunnel was recently found near Nogales.

Amid border-wall debate, third drug tunnel found in less than a month in Nogales
Amid border-wall debate, third drug tunnel found in less than a month in Nogales

Mexican officials uncovered another drug tunnel in Nogales, Sonora, the third discovery in less than a month.

The Arizona Republic The Arizona Republic
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Will Hurd on the border wall

Wall Folly Posted on 2019-01-12 by the wall2019-01-19

There are nine congressional districts along the US/Mexico border. All of them have representatives who oppose a border wall from sea to sea. Many of them are willing to discuss notions of ‘border security’ but are careful to point out that the wall is not border security.

Will Hurd is interesting as the only Republican of the nine as well as the representative that has the longest stretch of border. His district also has some of the most remote and desolate places. The article below describes reasons behind his views including impacts on local communities and overall effectiveness.

Will Hurd Isn’t the Only Texas Official Who Opposes the Border Wall
Will Hurd Isn’t the Only Texas Official Who Opposes the Border Wall

The people who represent the region oppose Trump’s plan, regardless of party.

Texas Monthly Texas Monthly

This is now a new-found view for Hurd. He even won a close election in his district in 2018 while defending this view.

Town halls in Dairy Queens? Rep. Will Hurd wants Texas' only swing district to digest his message
Town halls in Dairy Queens? Rep. Will Hurd wants Texas' only swing district to digest his message

SAN ANTONIO -- Will Hurd wants you to know he knows his district.He rattles off facts about it at campaign stops with encyclopedic ease.The 23rd...

Dallas News Dallas News
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Go Fund Me for ladders

Wall Folly Posted on 2019-01-11 by the wall2019-01-19

There is a gofundme campaign to raise money for ladders to get over the wall.

www.gofundme.com


The effort is somewhat tongue in cheek and also a reaction to the separate gofundme that was supposed to raise money for the wall.

That particular effort recently announced it was refunding all the money. You can read their rationale below, though it is curious how realistic they were at the outset.

A GoFundMe campaign raised $20 million for a border wall—now all of the funds will be returned
A GoFundMe campaign raised $20 million for a border wall—now all of the funds will be returned

Brian Kolfage launched an ambitious GoFundMe campaign to raise $1 billion for the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall. The campaign, titled "We The People Will Build the Wall," raised $20 million from 337,518 people in 25 days, and has been shared nearly 100,000 times. Now, all the funds will be returned.

CNBC CNBC

It was also later pointed out this was a good way of harvesting email contact information.

Man behind 'Build the Wall' GoFundMe has reportedly made a potentially lucrative contact list thanks to a shadowy email-harvesting operation
Man behind 'Build the Wall' GoFundMe has reportedly made a potentially lucrative contact list thanks to a shadowy email-harvesting operation

Brian Kolfage, the man who started a GoFundMe to raise money for the border wall, has reportedly been running a shadowy email-harvesting operation.

Business Insider Business Insider

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Where does illegal immigration mostly occur

Wall Folly Posted on 2019-01-10 by the wall2019-01-19

Recent NPR program

Where Does Illegal Immigration Mostly Occur? Here's What The Data Tell Us
Where Does Illegal Immigration Mostly Occur? Here's What The Data Tell Us

The Trump administration says there is a national security crisis at the Southern border. But most people in the country illegally didn't sneak across the border; they overstayed their visas.

NPR.org NPR.org

this references data that was published last year from the Department of Homeland Security.

www.dhs.gov

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Secure Fence Act of 2006, what happened?

Wall Folly Posted on 2019-01-09 by the wall2019-01-20

Remember the Secure Fence Act of 2006. If you read the text

H.R.6061 - 109th Congress (2005-2006): Secure Fence Act of 2006
H.R.6061 - 109th Congress (2005-2006): Secure Fence Act of 2006

Summary of H.R.6061 - 109th Congress (2005-2006): Secure Fence Act of 2006

www.congress.gov www.congress.gov

it is pretty specific about having the DHS work towards at least two layers of fencing all the way from 15 miles before Laredo to the Brownsville port of entry.

However, as one travels the border in that area, not only is the area incomplete but one really doesn’t see border fencing.

What happened? An important clue comes from the following year as this article explains:

Feds Have Built Only 32 Miles of 700 Mile Double-Border Fence Originally Mandated by Congress
Feds Have Built Only 32 Miles of 700 Mile Double-Border Fence Originally Mandated by Congress

A United States Border Patrol vehicle is stationed between the primary and secondary fences along the US-Mexico border Monday in San Diego. Tijuana, Mexico, is to the left of the fence. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

CNSNews.com CNSNews.com

This was modified the following year by an amendment added to the 2007 appropriations bill. The sponsor was TX Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and co-sponsored by all the other senators of states along the Mexico border (TX, NM, AZ, CA), five Republicans and three Democrats in total.

The amendment gave DHS much more leeway on how the border might be secured and also said DHS needed to consult with local communities along the border.

A good example of how if you don’t have local support, something that looks attractive on TV may not really happen the way you expect.

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Eminent Domain – Kelo vs. New London, what happened?

Wall Folly Posted on 2019-01-08 by the wall2019-01-20

Building a border wall will likely involve taking private land, potentially a lot of land. When the landowners don’t want to sell, the government can invoke eminent domain.

The following site provides background of what happened in one such famous case of Kelo vs. New London. The outcome of that case also strengthened a backlash and potentially eminent domain laws in the US.

Kelo Eminent Domain - Institute for Justice
Kelo Eminent Domain - Institute for Justice

Susette Kelo dreamed of owning a home that looked out over the water. She purchased and lovingly restored her little pink house where the Thames River meets the Long Island Sound in 1997, and had enjoyed the great view from its windows. The Dery family, up the street from Susette, had lived in Fort Trumbull…

Institute for Justice Institute for Justice
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What about a steel wall?

Wall Folly Posted on 2019-01-07 by the wall2019-01-20

As the deadlock over the border wall continues, President Trump has suggested building the wall from steel instead of concrete as a “compromise”.

It is unclear that this particularly alters the politics

A border wall by any other name ... is steel slats?
A border wall by any other name ... is steel slats?

The "big beautiful wall" has now become "steel slats."

Fox News Fox News

or necessarily the engineering parameters
Local engineer discusses the difference between steel barrier or concrete border wall
Local engineer discusses the difference between steel barrier or concrete border wall

As the government shut down drags on to its third week, the battle for a border wall continues. President Trump is leaning more toward having a steel barrier versus the proposed concrete wall. Trum…

KVEO-TV KVEO-TV

so from a political perspective this doesn’t look like it changes much.

One person who might benefit however, is Roman Abramovich. Abramovich is a Russian Oligarch who had his assets frozen not long ago

FBI 'freezes US assets' of Putin ally Oleg Deripaska
FBI 'freezes US assets' of Putin ally Oleg Deripaska

The FBI has reportedly frozen the US assets of Russian oligarch Oleg Desipaska in what is seen as a further tightening of the noose around the necks of President Vladimir Putin’s allies.

The Telegraph The Telegraph

However, he still has controlling interests in steel companies in both the US and Canada and has benefited from past decisions such as the Keystone XL pipeline.
Guess Who Is Likely To Profit If Trump Gets His Border Wall?  RUSSIAN Steel
Guess Who Is Likely To Profit If Trump Gets His Border Wall? RUSSIAN Steel

Trump's "artistic beautiful steel slats" will probably not help the American steel industry.

Crooks and Liars Crooks and Liars

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