When the wall is built, how will illegals be stopped from just coming up the Texas coast by boat?
I'm close to the coast and used to spend alot of time there. Honestly never seen a frequency of them. Ive seen them, but not often. I'm guessing they will use patrol, satellite and drones, else they wont be able to stop them.
the coyotes will just take to using shrimp boats or something, although I'm sure Border Patrol and DHS has already thought of this.
MILITARY-NEWS
Always Ready: Coast Guard protects border in the Gulf of Mexico
Keeping our borders safe has dominated the headlines, but those borders aren't only over land.
Author: Luke Simons
Published: 5:52 PM CST November 13, 2018
A Coast Guard HC-144 airplane circles 500 feet above the Gulf of Mexico as an illegal fisherman in a small boat called a lancha makes a run for the U.S.-Mexico border
The plane gives the Coast Guard a bird’s eye view of the waters below. The crew can see all the way to the U.S.-Mexico border and beyond.
“It's easy for us to be at 5,000 feet,” Dise said, “and see something 10 miles away, especially with the camera capabilities that we have."
From Coast Guard station South Padre Island, a 33-foot special purpose craft and crew are called to intercept the illegal fisherman.
Shrimp boats, barges and many other vessels in the Gulf all get a look by the plane above. Most are following the laws, but others are looking to fish illegally or smuggle in narcotics or people. This Coast Guard crew has to be ready no matter when or what that incident might be.
“It's very, very challenging," Nees added. “Being offshore, it's a very dynamic environment. With the Mexican lanchas in particular, they not only use them to break U.S. fishing laws, but they also use them for smuggling immigrants and narcotics as well."
https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/military/always-ready-coast-guard-protects-border-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/273-614251228