Trump to visit border wall designs which are still a work in progress

Washington Examiner:
President Trump will visit San Diego on Tuesday to inspect the eight border wall prototypes that have been built, but the Department of Homeland Security agency tasked with overseeing the construction project says the media shouldn't expect him to announce which of the prototypes will be used on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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CBP also does not plan to pick one winner, but rather will take elements from each prototype and then create a whole new barrier based on what it learned through the testing and evaluation process.

"There will be variations of the physical wall. It’s not one type of wall. All the people in Border Patrol know that topography and geography, and one type of wall is not going to do it," DHS Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke said Jan. 31 during a conference in San Antonio, Texas.

The prototypes are being considered based on their ability to prevent people from climbing them, breaching them, or digging under them. They are also being studied for how they are able to deter or block traffic and how agents are able to operate around them.
 I think they may want to add some electronic measures to detect tunneling.  The Israelis have developed that technology to supplement their wall around Gaza.  The current designs would present a formidable challenge to breaching them.

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