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 @ad39b1fd I knew that... But what I said about the 'Forever SockPuppet' stands.

Personally I think the "Border Wall" is in large part a scam... a gimme to a completely bankrupt US construction industry. Lots of 'studies, research, planning' cutesy exhibitions of wall design, but little has ever actually been built over the years.

Ps a few years back the BP had a whole section of the Tex/Mex border cleared to have a better 'line of sight', and destroyed the Agave the Lipan Apache need to survive 
 @a4f1847d 

Um, it's mostly been built. 

And, yeah, there is a term that even some in law enforcement I've spoken with use: Border Industrial Complex. They all know it's a big joke, but a very lucrative one for many.