1. United States
2. Mo.
3. Letter

"The numbers tell a story nobody in Washington wants to explain. Big Bend is the lowest border crossing sector on the entire southern border — 1.3% of all crossings. DHS reported a 74% drop in apprehensions here just eight months ago and bragged about it. And yet this is simultaneously the most expensive border wall construction ever awarded in American history. That is not border security. That is something else entirely. Meanwhile every sheriff, every county commissioner, every city council, and residents across the entire region — Republicans and Democrats — have organized formally against it. The people who live there, work there, and know that land say it is unnecessary and destructive. They are being ignored. Contractors are inside the park right now. Roads are being graded through terrain that took millions of years to form. It cannot be unbuilt. Smart surveillance technology would do the job better, faster, cheaper, and without touching the land. That option is not being pursued. Instead we are spending record money destroying irreplaceable public land that belongs to every American to solve a problem that does not exist in this location. Immediate halt. Technology-based solution. An explanation of why the most expensive wall ever built is going through the least-active sector in the country."