Active measures

That's even more expensive.

.... WE HAVE THAT

And yes, we increased funding.

Its currently hobbled tho

Tunneling, or climbing over it, it's slower, riskier.

why not just have a wall of artillery fire?

Because sometimes people do stupid shit, but they shouldn't be killed for doing stupid shit.

Tunneling in a focused spot is much easier to deal with than random route across the desert hundreds of miles apart

If your calling for arty you might as well go full chaotic evil and mine the border. No thank you.

@OtaRev Not a bad idea.

yep

Put up a sign, "mined field."

Just the sign, nothing else.

In Spanish too, "El Mined Field."

Because that much explosives is way too much.

you obviously have to have some mines

just don't say where.....

I'm again, not going to kill people for making dumb choices.

Now if they murder someone, different story.

You could put up the sign put up a layer out mines with baby powder then the mines after.

If your going that route

I would rather not?

Breaking the law of a foreign nation and disregarding their border is not a 'dumb mistake'. It's a calulated decision.

It is not worth capital punishment/war-level violence.

No matter how much you claim it is.

then build a wall

That's the idea.

For me it is. Why else do we have a nation if not to defend its borders?

A very regressive stance, in my opinion.

If you can define regressive/progressive, I may concede

Defend the borders, yes, kill people crossing the border, no.

One of these is no longer societially acceptable, where it may have been decades ago.

Which is regressive.

why not encourage them to stop coming?

So?

by shooting the fuckers who try to border hop

First before we start on the wall I want something done about the sanctuary cities and states

Because there are options to encourage them not to cross without 'we're going to murder you'.

It should be used as a last resort.

like what?