Our southern border is 1,952 miles long and the fence would have to span the entire length of the border to be even partially effective. Most estimates put the cost of the fence from $3-3.8 million a mile, but the fence in California has already cost as much as $11 million a mile. All of this cost does not include acquiring land that will have to be taken from ranch owners that have owned their properties sometimes for several generations nor does it include manpower, labor to build the fence or maintenance. Some estimates are as high as $50 billion just to build the fence. |