3/1/2024 0 Comments Building a wall word search![]() RASCOE: So President Biden says he's not changing his policy, that basically, he had to spend this money because it was already appropriated. Now, Border Patrol does see the wall or fence as one tool to slow migration, but increasingly, they are relying on technology to detect illegal crossings and apprehend people - ground sensors, autonomous tower cameras that use AI and drones. Here in El Paso, we routinely see that people use ladders or other tools, and some fall, resulting in serious injuries and even death. And those who are determined go around, go under and climb over the towering fences. ![]() Now, the barriers might deter some people, but mostly those walls or fences divert them to other areas. There's very little impact on those who are seeking asylum, which is a legal process, because those migrants are not sneaking in, but they're turning themselves in, as we said, to Border Patrol agents. ![]() Do these barriers actually reduce undocumented immigration? Now President Biden is adding another 20 miles. RASCOE: So President Trump - or so then-President Trump built 450 miles of border walls. Nonprofit groups and the city of El Paso have been helping shelter thousands of migrants in recent weeks after those migrants are released to await immigration court hearings. Once they reach this area, they camp right at the border fence, where there's actually a gate, and they turn themselves in to Border Patrol agents, asking for asylum. And the migrants are mostly from Venezuela. There are large groups riding on top of rail cars through Mexico to reach the border city, Juarez, which is just across the border from El Paso. KOCHERGA: Well, after a very sharp decline in people crossing the southern border - that started in May - we're seeing a record number of migrants again, about 200,000 in September alone. RASCOE: So tell us, what's the situation where you are along the border right now? Angela, good morning.ĪNGELA KOCHERGA, BYLINE: Good morning, Ayesha. Angela Kocherga with member station KTEP joins us from El Paso, one of the border cities seeing a spike in asylum-seekers. The White House made the decision while another surge of migrants comes across the southern border. And that's even though President Biden previously pledged he would not add another foot of border wall. It's waiving more than two dozen federal environmental laws to add 20 miles to the barrier. The Biden administration is moving forward with a controversial plan to build a new section of the border wall in Texas.
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