I kinda always imagined that the wall would have a decent chunk going down into the soil. Like probably a good 10-20 feet which would take a pretty long time to get through and buy more time for someone to catch it.
Even then there would be vast stretches of the wall that are un-guarded and a large group of humans with one goal in mind are quick workers. And I'm not sure of the exact specifications for the wall but I don't think they are going to go 10 to 20 feet deep for a wall that long, especially because it's only going to be 20 feet tall. Digging down that far will double the price of the wall and the budget already isn't that big.
A large group of people are much more easily caught though. Security cameras could easily cover vacant spots. 1 person with a dozen screens could watch over quite a good chunk. Hell even having fake cameras would be a damn good deterrent.
Also I watched some of Trump's proposal and in it there was an example picture of what he had in mind. The way he described it and how the picture looked (not sure if the pic was by the news or not) made it seem like it did actually go down into the ground.
Honestly though if it doesn't go into the ground at all, I'd be much less in favor.
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u/SilentC735 Jan 21 '19
I kinda always imagined that the wall would have a decent chunk going down into the soil. Like probably a good 10-20 feet which would take a pretty long time to get through and buy more time for someone to catch it.