This week I am part of a group going on a tour of several Mexican and US Government agencies. Part of our tour includes a tour of the border with CBP. That tour was tonight. I took some pictures during the tour. Hope you enjoy!
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| Border fence |
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| Border fence and border patrole |
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| Me and the border fence |
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| Change in border fence, they have to have special fencing to do down hills. Also, part of the legislation that began this fence stated that any existing fences could not be replaced, so there is a normal chain-link fence that I think was built in the 70s. Also, border patrole agents are stationed along this fence to catch anyone who may try jumping over the fence. |
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| The fence ends at this mountain range. Several border patrole agents are stationed nearby to be able to catch anyone that tries entering around the fence. If you go straight up from the fence line, you will see a white marker in the mountain that marks the U.S.-Mexico border. |
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| House of a wealthy family from Mexico. They started making their money by helping people cross the border illegally into the U.S. They have since branched out into other lucrative businesses. |
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| Marker number one on the U.S.-Mexico Border |
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| Old adobe house replica - This is where Pancho Villa lived. It is located near the Texas/New Mexico/Mexico border. He lived here so that he had 3 separate places to escape to, depending on who was chasing him at the time. The Mexican authorities couldn't follow him into the U.S., the Texas marshalls couldn't follow him into New Mexico, etc. |
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| My right foot "Entered Without Inspection" into Mexico |
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| Me and the border marker |
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| Mexico flag |
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| The historic site. We couldn't actually go see the house because it is on the Mexican side of the border. You would think some kind of understanding could be reached to about this area so that people could walk around without technically doing anything illegal. But the CBP officers were adamant that we could not cross the border, even though we technically have the documents required to enter Mexico. |
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| Flowers: sorry from Ulises |
1 comment:
"Also, part of the legislation that began this fence
stated that any existing fences could not
be replaced,"
The Secure Fence Act of 2006 does not say anything about replacing existing fences, and Homeland Security included older walls in their mileage count to demonstrate to Congress that they had built the specified amount. There is more info. about the Secure Fence Act the the border wall here: http://www.no-border-wall.com/legislation.php
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