“Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.” SecurityWallBarriersInsufficient Author:Alan Bersin
“If you build a 50-foot wall, you'll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.” IfsFeetWallLadders Author:Alan Bersin
“Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive. And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.” PeopleIfsKnowsBigsWould BeMotherWallCostSouthFamiliarDesertBordersBarriersTexasBerlinStretchingMother NatureArizonaTerrainSan Diego Author:Alan Bersin
“I think there's no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect in terms of increasing the manageability and the security of the border. But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.” ThinkingImportantTermSecurityWallBarriersSecretaryUrbanFenceConfirmation Author:Alan Bersin
“As former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you'll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder. You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.” SecurityWallStrategySophisticatedSecretaryPositive Impact Author:Alan Bersin
“The image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have not accepted to date.” PeopleWallAccepted Author:Alan Bersin
