Border Patrol Chiefs Say Walls Would Improve Border Security

A pair of Border Patrol sector chiefs called for more border wall construction during a hearing in the House Oversight and Government Accountability Committee on Tuesday.
Gloria Chavez, the chief patrol agent for the Rio Grande Valley sector in Texas, and John Modlin, the chief patrol agent for the Tucson sector in Arizona, both called for more wall construction in their respective sectors.
When asked how border walls impact the work in her sector, Chavez said barriers that include lights and electronic technologies to detect attempted breaches mean she doesn’t “have to have 20 agents in one zone” and those agents “can maximize their coverage area elsewhere,” thus allowing them to more effectively patrol a larger area with fewer personnel. Chavez said border walls also manage and direct the flow of people attempting to cross the border into areas, allowing her agents to “more effectively make an arrest.”…}