You show me a 50-foot wall and I'll show you a 51-foot ladder at the border. That's the way the border works
There is very strong evidence that the border fence has helped cut smuggling to such a degree that Mexican drug cartels are fighting over remaining corridors. "The drug cartel war in Mexico is the direct result of our border security measures, especially fences and barriers, and, as we finished the job, they will eventually burn themselves out," said Glenn Spencer of APR.
"Americans will find it difficult to believe that Obama would push a guest worker program when millions of them are unemployed, but that looks like where we're headed," Spencer said.
Spencer said American Border Patrol would work to get its border assessment report to the Senate Committee that will consider Napolitano's appointment.