Professional Thieves Crossing the Rio Grande in Big Bend
A popular Park Service trailhead parking lot perpetually covered in a sea of glass….
Hopping the fence or wading the Rio Grande River isn’t part of America’s immigration process. — Ted Nugent
The Journey
15 years ago, I decided to make a visit to Texas and Big Bend National Park. Having lived in Texas twice, residing in two different cities, I was re-entering old stomping grounds.
Strangely, Big Bend is one of the least visited parks of America’s best idea, the National Park system. It’s one of the most rugged places on the North American continent. Notice in the picture above how easily a human being could simply walk across the boundary river, the well packed trail indicates that many do. There are no walls on over 1,350 miles of America’s southern border.
The economic impact of illegal immigration on taxpayers is catastrophic. — Ric Keller
The park area covers a vast piece of land and has 118 miles of boundary with Mexico. The park encompasses 801,163 acres, 1252 square miles of landscape…
