Mr. Chairman. a few years ago. in fact in 1994. we mandated the construction of a fence in San Diego California. a triple fence. And that fence. with a basic fence on the border. a Border Patrol road. then a secondary higher fence with an overhang. a second Border Patrol road and then a third fence were designed to stop the massive drug trade and the smuggling of narcotics and people across what was the most prolific smugglers corridor in America. that between Tijuana and San Diego. At that time we had some 10 border murders a year. We had gangs that roamed that area that they called a "4no mans land" to the point where Joseph Wambaugh wrote the best seller "Lines and Shadows" about the no mans land that existed between Tijuana and San Diego.
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