They are well on their way in constructing fencing. and we will be appropriating the money for even more of that construction in the future. But we also have to put up vehicle barriers because more and more now with the territory contested. the illegal entry into this country either to bring drugs in or the human smugglers to bring their cargo. as they call it. requires the use of vehicles. Here is the problem from the Border Patrol perspective. When they see a vehicle. they know they have trouble because it is a more valuable cargo. One can carry more in a vehicle than in a backpack and. therefore. it is more valuable and they are probably going to protect it. If they are going to protect it. it is probably going to be with weapons. The number of assaults on the border are up dramatically108 percent last year according to the U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona. The reason for that is that the Border Patrol is finally beginning to gain control of parts of the border. They are contesting the territoryj of the drug cartels and the coyotes and dangerous gangs from places such as El Salvador. As a result. there is much more violence. and it is causing real problems for the Border Patrol. That is the bad news with the good news. We are gaining more territory. more control. but with that comes more violence.
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