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Friday, December 27, 2019

Border Trash Remains a Terrible Problem, Yet Gets Little Attention(VIDEO)

"The fragile desert ecosystems there are damaged by that. That’s been known for a long time. If you cared about the environment, you would care about that. And yet, anyone who raises alarms is called names. We don’t care (about the name-calling) because we care about the environment and this country."

Last May Tucson’s KVOA-TV reported on the continuing border trash situation, from which the snapshot below is taken.


Recently Tucker Carlson interviewed the Secretary of the Interior about the environmental damage done to the border region by thousands of foreigners invading the country. Click here for the 4 minute video interview.
CARLSON: So, this has been a problem acknowledged by Democrat and Republican administrations for a long time, for decades. And it’s a real problem. What is this administration doing to help fix it?

BERNHARDT: Well, the reality is that common sense says when you have tremendous trafficking, ad hoc trails, trash, debris, and fires, you have a lot of damage to native vegetation, wildlife, and to the ecosystem. And so —

CARLSON: Trash, debris, and fires? So, we’re not allowed to be concerned about that. But if you cared about the environment, that would be a concern, correct?

BERNHARDT: You sure would think so. Indeed. I went down and personally inspected a number of sites on the border. And the reality was that where we put a wall, we have habitat restoration taking place, environmental flora and fauna begin to come back instead of it being trampled. And the reality is the wall will provide additional environmental benefits. And that is simply a fact.
A private organization called We Build the Wall recently completed construction on a border wall in Sunland Park, New Mexico.

That wall is a half-mile long, more than 20 feet tall and goes up a 300-foot incline over mountainous terrain. It also extends 7 feet into the ground.
"Gloria Chavez, El Paso Sector Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, said the wall strategy is critical for the safety of her agents and so they can do the job more effectively.

She added that in that half-mile stretch of border her agents previously dealt with “a lot of illegal activity” including the smuggling of Brazilian migrants as well as some violent acts.

“When that wall got built, everything changed for us and we were able to manage border enforcement actions there even better. Did (migrant activity) shift? Yes, absolutely — to an area we were able to work it more effectively,” Chavez said."
Then there's is this update from Monday, Dec. 23: U.S. Border Patrol: 96 miles of wall built, 400 miles planned
Walls and fences work. They make good neighbors. Sheriff: Border Fence Helped Cut Crime in Yuma by 91 Percent    And as the late Charles Krauthammer once quipped, "If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House?"



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