jimnyc
04-05-2017, 09:57 AM
Hard to beat facts
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Wall Cut Illegal Crossings by 94%, Says Fmr. Border Chief
As critics cast doubt on whether President Trump’s proposed wall will curtail illegal immigration, the recent success of a barrier built in Arizona suggests otherwise, according to a retired border officer.
A wall built on the southern border near Yuma, Arizona, cut illegal crossings from Mexico into the United States by 94 percent, according to Senate testimony by the former Deputy Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Ronald Colburn, which was previewed by the Washington Examiner.
In his opening statement during the hearing, committee Chairman Ron Johnson R (WI) outlined the importance of the wall and that it is needed to gain control over the southern border.
“As [Homeland Security] Secretary Kelly testified to the committee in January, ‘the number one threat to the nation is that we do not have control of our borders. Without control, every other kind of threat—drugs, illegal migrants, counterfeit manufactured goods and pharmaceuticals, diseases, terrorists, and the list goes on—can enter at will, and does,” said Johnson.
Colburn proceeded to give an account of the effect that the barrier near Yuma had on illegal crossings.
“Violent bandit activity went from the record 200 attacks and over 1,800 victims the year before, to zero, after fence. The number of violent assaults on Border Patrol Agents also declined drastically,” said Coburn.
Rest here - http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/04/05/wall-cut-illegal-crossings-94-says-fmr-border-chief/
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Wall Cut Illegal Crossings by 94%, Says Fmr. Border Chief
As critics cast doubt on whether President Trump’s proposed wall will curtail illegal immigration, the recent success of a barrier built in Arizona suggests otherwise, according to a retired border officer.
A wall built on the southern border near Yuma, Arizona, cut illegal crossings from Mexico into the United States by 94 percent, according to Senate testimony by the former Deputy Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Ronald Colburn, which was previewed by the Washington Examiner.
In his opening statement during the hearing, committee Chairman Ron Johnson R (WI) outlined the importance of the wall and that it is needed to gain control over the southern border.
“As [Homeland Security] Secretary Kelly testified to the committee in January, ‘the number one threat to the nation is that we do not have control of our borders. Without control, every other kind of threat—drugs, illegal migrants, counterfeit manufactured goods and pharmaceuticals, diseases, terrorists, and the list goes on—can enter at will, and does,” said Johnson.
Colburn proceeded to give an account of the effect that the barrier near Yuma had on illegal crossings.
“Violent bandit activity went from the record 200 attacks and over 1,800 victims the year before, to zero, after fence. The number of violent assaults on Border Patrol Agents also declined drastically,” said Coburn.
Rest here - http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/04/05/wall-cut-illegal-crossings-94-says-fmr-border-chief/