Unfortunately for them, there is very little private land on the border and even less landowners who are going to allow it built on their land. After a few years, when maintenance is needed, who is going to pay for maintenance? The landowner will be responsible unless some contractual relationship with this group is entered. Even then, the group might not be around then…
Keep in mind, this area is less than a 1000 feet from I-10 and UT El Paso is about 2000 feet from where they are building this section… Hardly typical of the distance es they will have to manage as they move further out. As with all construction, proximity to established services has a big impact on cost.
The yellow area is where they are building this wall section…
I think these Go Fund Me guys (Kolfage, Kolbach, Bannon) realized that this was getting out of hand, and that they had to quickly throw something together to show they weren’t crooks.
So they got a Trump-loving private citizen to allow them to build a useless, small section overnight. Now, let’s see what their next move will be.
No. Not buying. I think they built less than a 1/2 mile of fence that is unconnected to anything, so it is not useful. Now, I thought this was to placate the GoFundMe donors who were getting antsy, but other posters think it’s more sinister than that.