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Watching the Line : Long Border, Endless Struggle, Damien Cave, nytimes.com, 2013/03/03Copyright : Kirsten Luce for The New York Times"... It is increasingly clear to those who live along the boundary with Mexico — or who try to protect it — that there is no such thing as a completely secure border, just as there are no cities without crime. Even in areas with towering walls and drones or helicopters overhead, border security can be breached.The international divide is not a line or a series of doors to be locked and guarded, they argue. It is more like a 2,000-mile shoreline with ever-changing currents of migration, legitimate trade and smuggler tactics. The challenge evolves season to season. In Texas, where the border moves with the flooding of the Rio Grande, smugglers have started using fake Halliburton trucks to drive through areas where the company services oil fields. In San Diego, a few hundred migrants a year now arrive by boat, while the imposing fences that cost $16 million per mile are regularly overcome with ladders rented out for $35 a climb..."Lire la suite :http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/world/americas/border-security-hard-to-achieve-and-harder-to-measure.html?emc=eta1&#38;_r=0Watching the LineThis is the first in a series of articles examining the state of border security, which is central to the immigration debate.Related Article  Once a Battlefront, Arizona Border QuietsVaried Views of a BorderA Border Evolves as Washington Pursues Immigration Reform       Interactive GraphicIncreased Border Enforcement, With Varying Results*ndlr : Lynne, thank you for the help!