Goodbye Virtual Fence

The Virtual Fence: A "fence" made of sensors and cameras that are cover the gaps between the actual wall between Mexico and the United States, and are monitored by border patrolmen. The project is officially canceled after 1 billion dollars was spent on it. Instead, the federal government has decided to take a "region by region approach," relying on the physical geography, among other things, to decide how to protect the border. It has been well known for overrunning costs and being delayed constantly. Originally planned at seven billion to cover the entire border, 2,000 miles, in a test program, it cost 1 billion to cover the 53 miles that make up the Arizona border. In the meantime, there are reports saying that the size of the Border Patrol has increased to
20,500. Also, the number of illegals who are detained has dropped to 463,000 as of last year.