Border Patrol Agent - Wall Will Work But Must Have President That Wants Security National Border Patrol Council Local President Hector Garza is interviewed regarding the situation at the border, a discussion which is led off by a clip of Donald Trump laying out his immigration plan in Phoenix last Wednesday. Host Uma Pemmaraju asks him to characterized the situation in light of the claims that the Obama regime makes of increased levels of deportations. Garza debunks those claims by pointing out that 80 percent of those intercepted crossing into the United States are allowed to remain, in addition to the many who are able to evade capture altogether. He points to the limited resources that the Border Patrol is given with which to do their difficult jobs, including not enough vehicles, manpower and infrastructure. He describes key elements of the infrastructure as proper roads along the Rio Grande, communication towers so that agents can talk to each other, as well as the proper weapons and technology, including tower cameras. Agent Garza details how through Obama executive orders and their abuse of prosecutorial discretion, most of the people that they apprehend end up being released into the country and are not deported. He addresses the problem of limited manpower making it very difficult to adequately patrol the border. He says, Keep in mind that if we dont have enough agents out there theres going to be people that are going to get away and we do not know who those people are. He states the problematic truth, The only people that we know who were catching is the ones that were actually catching. But guess what, theres a lot of people that were missing and theyre coming into the country undetected and we do not know who they are. They may be people that are coming to work, they may be cartel members or they might be terrorists. We dont know. Garza describes some of the unnecessary, regime-created difficulties that agents must deal with, saying, As a border patrol agent, if youre assigned to a specific area along the border and you do not have the proper manpower and you do not have the proper infrastructure and the roads to get to specific areas along the border, youre pretty much committing suicide if you go to a specific spot. Regardless, our agents still go out there, they try their best, but its a losing battle and its very difficult for everybody. And its not safe, Garza notes. Its irresponsible, its reckless and we should do something about it. Hes asked whether a wall would be effective as a deterrent. He replies, So yes, Uma, a wall would work and would be a deterrent. He explains that in building a wall, Not only are we creating a physical barrier along the border, but also were going to bring that infrastructure and Ill give you an example. Right now our agents dont have the ability to have lateral movement along the border. And its very difficult for us to actually patrol and secure the border because they dont have roads. We dont have the technology. He summarizes, So when we talk about border security, yes, a wall will work, but we also have to make sure that we have proper manpower, that we have the technology, communication towers. But most important of all, Uma, we have to make sure that we have an administration that wants to secure the border. We know who Agent Garza will be voting for in November. 