They are a violation of our liberties, an affront to Hispanics residents, inefficient, and cause significant harm to 90,000 people per day. Unfortunately, since the Border Patrol is a federal agency, only the Border Patrol itself or Congress can make changes. As far as I am aware, the only real hope we have to make changes is for our representatives in Congress to make them happen. Thus we have to elect people this fall who will commit to making the necessary changes, and we have to keep the pressure on them to do so. If closure is impossible for any reason, at a minimum they must be staffed immediately for all four lanes at all times, and expanded with additional lanes as soon as possible.
Inland residents deserve at least the same.
I, along with many other people, certainly don't understand how this is consistent with the Fourth Amendment. Go to the next issue or Complete Table of Contents For Issues .