Summary:

According to a survey completed by American Border Patrol, in New Mexico, Arizona and California 64.05 of new fencing will have been added to the border in Arizona and California since the signing of the Secure Fence Act of 2006. Of that total, only two miles comply with the specification for a two-layered system.

Survey of Border

As part of Operation B.E.E.F. , American Border Patrol conducted an aerial survey of 704 miles of border between September 24 and October 1, 2007.

The survey was conducted in a Cessna TU-206 using a Sony high definition video camera and Canon EOS-1 Dx 17 megapixel camera with a100-400 mm lens. Video and stills are linked to a given geographical locations using a Garmin 296 GPSMap system.
The video and still data were analyzed to locate each type of fencing along the border. This is done using Google Earth. Once each type of fencing is located, Google Earth is used to measure distances.
Most of the border fencing consists of barbed wire stock fence. Large areas have no fencing of any sort.

Total border surveyed: 704 miles

Single layered fencing added in FY 2007: 64.05 miles

This chart shows the different types of barriers and how much of each was found in this survey.

The extent of the survey is shown in this Overview Map showing where along the border the barriers can be found.

INDIVIDUAL CHARTS SHOWING LOCATION OF BARRIERS

El Paso

Columbus

Douglas

Naco

Lochiel

Nogales

Sasabe

Lukeville

Yuma

Calexico

Jacumba

Campo

San Diego

New Pedestrian Fencing

Resources
Continous high-definition video of the entire survey area is available to be reviewed by responsible agencies. ABP has prepared files that can be imported to Google Earth showing more than 200 medium resolution photographs of the area surveyed. High resoluton photographs are also available.

For information contact
American Border Patrol
2160 E. Fry Blvd. #426
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
1-800-600-8642
www.americanborderpatrol.com
info@americanborderpatrol.com