So much for US border security!

You know our border security is a laughing-stock when this happens!

Police in the Mexican border city of Tijuana say they have arrested six men for stealing pieces of the U.S. border fence to sell as scrap metal.

Holes in the border fence once were more commonly made by migrant smugglers, but fewer people are trying to cross because of a weak U.S. economy and a crackdown on immigration.

The Tijuana police department says the suspects intended to sell the steel sheeting as scrap.

The first two men [were] caught cutting into the fence on Monday. An alleged accomplice was detained Tuesday with 11 pieces of fencing. The U.S. Border Patrol alerted police to three more suspects.

There's more at the link.

Well, a fat lot of protection that fence is offering us! If it isn't even secure enough to stop thieves stealing it for sale as scrap, I daresay it's no more successful at keeping out illegal immigrants! Just how much of our tax money was wasted on erecting it, anyway?

Peter