Trump said the new border wall was "impenetrable." Smugglers are sawing through it.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Smugglers have found that all you need to cut through the wall is a $100 saw.

President Donald Trump promised a wall on the border would radically change undocumented immigration and customs enforcement. But it turns out newly built sections of the president’s wall aren’t as sturdy as he promised: Smugglers have been using a commercial saw to cut through it, according to the Washington Post.

Smuggling people and goods into the US is a profitable industry for criminal organizations, which is why they are motivated to innovate when it comes to breaching barriers. Of late, smugglers have reportedly been cutting through the wall — which is made of steel bollards that are partially filled with concrete — to make gaps large enough for people and goods to pass through.

To do so, smugglers are reportedly using a reciprocating saw that can be bought for as little as $100. The tool can cut through the wall’s steel and concrete in minutes when fitted with the appropriate blades, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have said.

After cutting the steel bollards, smugglers have taken to returning them to their original positions in hope of reusing the passage without being detected by border officials.

More at https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/2/20945336/trump-border-wall-smugglers-saw-us-mexico

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. He said the wall is impenetrable because there's rebar in the concrete

and you can't cut through rebar. So how do you build anything with rebar if you can't cut it?



Moron.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. It's amazing that his supporters didn't see this coming.

[RockRaven]

2. When I saw the picture of the prototype, the very first thing I said was "cordless angle-grinder"

b/c I thought it was just steel. But reciprocating saw works too.

Either way, anybody with an ounce of sense would have foreseen this. The design itself INVITES this. Hell, the people who built the damned thing made the majority (95+% of the perimeter) of the hole themselves just by how it was designed.

[Initech]

3. It's also short enough that you can climb over it with a Home Depot ladder!

Walls...

[IndyinVirginny]

5. It's the thought that counts

For Trump supporters, if he says it's impenetrable , it obviously is. Plus just talking about it proves that he is tough on immigration. That is all they need.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. A person could make a lot of money selling Sawz-Alls at the border.

[UTUSN]

7. Another opportunity in the whole boondoggle of the construction mobs, racketeers

"War is a racket" and "military-industrial complex" - building a "wall" -

All things like this having primary opportunities for cashing in, then more and more offshoots of related activities, many *unforeseen*... no?