The Wall - US - Mexico Interactive Border Map

USA Today link

This is a pretty interesting map of the current barrier system in place along the US-Mexico border.

Vehicle fence is in yellow.


Pedestrian fence is in red.


Other type of fence is in green.

As you can see from the map in the link, probably only 30% of the border from San Diego to El Paso has a pedestrian barrier, the rest is vehicle barrier, roughly 10% of the border from El Paso to Brownsville has a pedestrian barrier, most of the TX border has zero barrier. (this is where most of my family and friends cross)

On the map you can click on any stretch and see live helicopter footage of that area showing a birds eye view of the border.



I think installing a pedestrian barrier covering 90% of the border (minus the native lands in part of AZ SW of Tucson) from San Diego to El Paso could be a worthy investment . It would reduce human and drug smuggling in those regions specifically and bring the total numbers down because not all of them would make the effort to travel to S TX to cross.

As for a physical barrier along the Rio Grande I do not see that happening. Too many variables at play. Some combination of increased man power and technology, along with stricter immigration laws to discourage people from crossing are probably the best bet.

Setting politics of it aside, the USA interactive map was pretty coo so figured I'd start this thread.