A group of Border Patrol agents say that while “continue to appreciate Congressman Barber’s interest in our ideas about enforcement strategies” they have serious concerns about border security.
The group has called into question a 1-hour presentation by the GAO (General Accounting Office) regarding the Border Patrol’s new strategic plan. They questioned the GAO representatives “about specific issues relating to the study they had conducted on Border Patrol enforcement strategies and statistics.”
They said that there were “some flaws in management’s statistics’ and said, “as we all know, it is impossible to count the number of illegal aliens coming into this country. Even groups that can be detected by means of sign-cutting are often impossible to count. The term “20-plus” has been around for decades for a reason. Trying to count more than that in a large group based on tracks alone is virtually impossible, even after tracking them for miles.”
The group said that border crosses “ walk all over each other and you can only see the tracks of the people at the end of the group. The statistics relating to “got-aways” are largely inaccurate as well.” They asked how many agents have been asked the question; ‘How do you know they weren’t apprehended later?’ when reporting got-aways?”
They say that it seems many of the “studies and strategies are aimed at convincing Americans that the border is somehow “secure” so that they can implement another amnesty program. It is not even close to being secure. When you see terms like “virtual fence” thrown around you should know what that really means. It means they won’t build a real fence that is effective.”
The agents asked “If so-called virtual fences are so effective, why don’t they protect the White House with one?”