DHS: Just 36 miles of U.S.-Mexico border has effective double fencing
Published on September 4th, 2015
Paul Bedard
September 4, 2015
Washington Examiner
Despite repeated congressional demands that the administration build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, some 66 percent, or 1,300 miles, have no fencing and only 36 miles of effective double-layer fencing has been erected, a fraction of the 700 miles sought.
In answers to Senate questions, the Department of Homeland Security revealed just how little fencing has been erected despite a congressional bank account of $2.5 billion.
Despite repeated congressional demands that the administration build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, some 66 percent, or 1,300 miles, have no fencing and only 36 miles of effective double-layer fencing has been erected, a fraction of the 700 miles sought.
In answers to Senate questions, the Department of Homeland Security revealed just how little fencing has been erected despite a congressional bank account of $2.5 billion.
Part of the border fence. AP Photo
The details in the DHS answers:
— 1,300 miles have no fencing (66.5%)
— 299.8 miles have vehicle fence (15.3%)
— 316.6 miles of pedestrian fence (16.2%)
— 36.3 miles of double-layer fencing (.02%)
— The current total for primary fencing to be 352.9 miles. 316.6 single layer plus 36.3 miles of double layer = 352.9 miles of primary fencing.
What's more, no fencing is currently being erected on the empty 1,300 miles.
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