Caravan Charge Reveals Weakness in Border Structures

Existing fencing was 'quickly torn apart' by estimated 1,000 migrants who stormed the US border on Sunday

A Central American migrant tries to bring down part of the border fence between Mexico and the United States, near El Chaparral border crossing, in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, on Nov 25, 2018. Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images

After some 1,000 Central American migrants attempted to break through the U.S.–Mexico border in Tijuana near San Diego, a senior U.S. Border Patrol agent said such places where the border fencing could be readily overwhelmed need a wall.

“Without a doubt we could use a wall in an area like that,” Brian Hastings, deputy chief of law enforcement operations, told The Hill on Nov. 26.