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Patrick Zuberbueler\u2019s ranch has been in his family for generations.<\/p>\n

The land, which sits along the Rio Grande in Val Verde County, is hunting ground and home to their Rambouillet sheep, Angora goats, and cattle. It could also soon become home for new vehicle barriers the Trump administration is hoping to install to prevent border crossings.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s just one major problem: the vehicle barriers would be located along cliffs that drop 275 feet to the river, where it would be near-impossible for anyone to drive across. And the vehicle barriers, which consist of four-foot tall metal posts with a cross beam, don\u2019t prevent crossings on foot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey keep talking about a vehicle barrier. It\u2019s impossible for a vehicle to drive across, come into the United States, especially in the western part of the ranch. It\u2019s deep bluffs. You would have to drive off the bluff and then it would be catastrophic,\u201d Zuberbueler told The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan they have in place makes absolutely no sense,\u201d Zuberbueler said.<\/p>\n

Zuberbueler, citing President Donald Trump\u2019s success in shutting down the border, says he doesn\u2019t believe border barriers are necessary. His family has also suffered enough at the hands of overreaching government, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crossings were off the charts when President Trump came into office, they dropped by like 90%,\u201d he said. \u201cSo they\u2019ve answered their own question that they don\u2019t need a wall.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAnd for us personally in my family, we have a unique situation in that through the course of time, we\u2019ve lost land with the lake filling up. The federal government paid my dad for the land that was going to be inundated with water. And that was in the 60s. And then in the 70s, the state came along and took a portion of the ranch \u2026 and then in the 80s \u2026 they took more,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n

Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez said the planned vehicle barrier would be a waste of taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no vehicles coming across that country because they can\u2019t. There\u2019s no roads on the Mexican side that\u2019s going to allow them to put their vehicle across the border through the river because 98% of those, they\u2019re canyons. It\u2019s a taxpayer\u2019s expense that taxpayers don\u2019t need to burden.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zuberbueler said he\u2019s become so desperate he emailed the White House, inviting the president to visit his property.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to try,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cWe don\u2019t have a choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in June its plans to construct a four- to six-foot-tall steel \u201cvehicle barrier\u201d through a $2.6 billion contract, which also included the paving of new patrol roads between Sanderson and Lake Amistad.<\/p>\n

A CBP spokesperson told The Daily Wire that it\u2019s all part of \u201ca border security strategy that leverages advanced technology and the natural terrain barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cCameras, sensors, roads, and limited low-profile post-on-rail barriers will be deployed in strategic locations to restrict unlawful vehicle access while utilizing existing natural barriers. Additionally, CBP will use and improve existing public and park roads where it is possible to provide agents with continued access along the border,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Nearly 100 miles west of Val Verde County in the Big Bend region of West Texas, Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland is preparing for the federal government\u2019s construction of similar vehicle border barriers where the cliffs drop \u201canywhere from 500 feet to a 1,000 feet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you, all of Terrell County, you cannot drive a vehicle across the border there. Significant cliffs, same thing with that 37 miles of Brewster County and a lot of that country, really all of that country going into Val Verde, it\u2019s just impossible because of the cliffs that are on either side of the river,\u201d Cleveland said.<\/p>\n

The agency earlier walked back plans to build a 30-foot-tall border wall in the Big Bend region after landowners and sheriffs, including Cleveland, expressed disapproval of the project. Cleveland says the rugged mountains serve as \u201cbig natural barriers\u201d that keep crossings low and that more cameras and drones in the sky would serve them better.<\/p>\n

Cleveland, who served over two decades as a Border Patrol agent, similarly has taken issue with the plan, saying vehicle barriers wouldn\u2019t make a difference. He said they instead need what has been tagged as the \u201cvirtual wall\u201d by putting drones in the skies.<\/p>\n

The sheriff also emphasized the need for new roads along the border, which is part of the Trump administration\u2019s construction plans, so authorities can have better access to the frontlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in barriers where barriers are necessary, and this isn\u2019t an area where barriers are necessary because we have that time and distance and technology to fill those gaps,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Patrick Zuberbueler\u2019s ranch has been in his family for generations.The land, which sits along the Rio Grande in Val Verde County, is hunting ground and home to their Rambouillet sheep, Angora goats, and cattle. It could also soon become home for new vehicle barriers the Trump administration is hoping to install to prevent border crossings.There\u2019s just one major problem: the vehicle barriers would be located along cliffs that drop 275 feet to the river, where it would be near-impossible for anyone to drive across. And the vehicle barriers, which consist of four-foot tall metal posts with a cross beam, don\u2019t prevent crossings on foot.\u201cThey keep talking about a vehicle barrier. It\u2019s impossible for a vehicle to drive across, come into the United States, especially in the western part of the ranch. It\u2019s deep bluffs. You would have to drive off the bluff and then it would be catastrophic,\u201d Zuberbueler told The Daily Wire.\u201cThe plan they have in place makes absolutely no sense,\u201d Zuberbueler said.Zuberbueler, citing President Donald Trump\u2019s success in shutting down the border, says he doesn\u2019t believe border barriers are necessary. His family has also suffered enough at the hands of overreaching government, he said.\u201cThe crossings were off the charts when President Trump came into office, they dropped by like 90%,\u201d he said. \u201cSo they\u2019ve answered their own question that they don\u2019t need a wall.\u201d\u201cAnd for us personally in my family, we have a unique situation in that through the course of time, we\u2019ve lost land with the lake filling up. The federal government paid my dad for the land that was going to be inundated with water. And that was in the 60s. And then in the 70s, the state came along and took a portion of the ranch \u2026 and then in the 80s \u2026 they took more,\u201d he said.Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez said the planned vehicle barrier would be a waste of taxpayer dollars.\u201cThere\u2019s no vehicles coming across that country because they can\u2019t. There\u2019s no roads on the Mexican side that\u2019s going to allow them to put their vehicle across the border through the river because 98% of those, they\u2019re canyons. It\u2019s a taxpayer\u2019s expense that taxpayers don\u2019t need to burden.\u201dZuberbueler said he\u2019s become so desperate he emailed the White House, inviting the president to visit his property.\u201cI\u2019ve got to try,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cWe don\u2019t have a choice.\u201dU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in June its plans to construct a four- to six-foot-tall steel \u201cvehicle barrier\u201d through a $2.6 billion contract, which also included the paving of new patrol roads between Sanderson and Lake Amistad.A CBP spokesperson told The Daily Wire that it\u2019s all part of \u201ca border security strategy that leverages advanced technology and the natural terrain barriers.\u201d\u201cCameras, sensors, roads, and limited low-profile post-on-rail barriers will be deployed in strategic locations to restrict unlawful vehicle access while utilizing existing natural barriers. Additionally, CBP will use and improve existing public and park roads where it is possible to provide agents with continued access along the border,\u201d the spokesperson said.Nearly 100 miles west of Val Verde County in the Big Bend region of West Texas, Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland is preparing for the federal government\u2019s construction of similar vehicle border barriers where the cliffs drop \u201canywhere from 500 feet to a 1,000 feet.\u201d\u201cI can tell you, all of Terrell County, you cannot drive a vehicle across the border there. Significant cliffs, same thing with that 37 miles of Brewster County and a lot of that country, really all of that country going into Val Verde, it\u2019s just impossible because of the cliffs that are on either side of the river,\u201d Cleveland said.The agency earlier walked back plans to build a 30-foot-tall border wall in the Big Bend region after landowners and sheriffs, including Cleveland, expressed disapproval of the project. Cleveland says the rugged mountains serve as \u201cbig natural barriers\u201d that keep crossings low and that more cameras and drones in the sky would serve them better.Cleveland, who served over two decades as a Border Patrol agent, similarly has taken issue with the plan, saying vehicle barriers wouldn\u2019t make a difference. He said they instead need what has been tagged as the \u201cvirtual wall\u201d by putting drones in the skies.The sheriff also emphasized the need for new roads along the border, which is part of the Trump administration\u2019s construction plans, so authorities can have better access to the frontlines.\u201cI believe in barriers where barriers are necessary, and this isn\u2019t an area where barriers are necessary because we have that time and distance and technology to fill those gaps,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-original"],"yoast_head":"\nBorder Wall Plans Run Into A Cliff In South Texas - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2058\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border Wall Plans Run Into A Cliff In South Texas - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Patrick Zuberbueler\u2019s ranch has been in his family for generations.The land, which sits along the Rio Grande in Val Verde County, is hunting ground and home to their Rambouillet sheep, Angora goats, and cattle. It could also soon become home for new vehicle barriers the Trump administration is hoping to install to prevent border crossings.There\u2019s just one major problem: the vehicle barriers would be located along cliffs that drop 275 feet to the river, where it would be near-impossible for anyone to drive across. And the vehicle barriers, which consist of four-foot tall metal posts with a cross beam, don\u2019t prevent crossings on foot.\u201cThey keep talking about a vehicle barrier. It\u2019s impossible for a vehicle to drive across, come into the United States, especially in the western part of the ranch. It\u2019s deep bluffs. You would have to drive off the bluff and then it would be catastrophic,\u201d Zuberbueler told The Daily Wire.\u201cThe plan they have in place makes absolutely no sense,\u201d Zuberbueler said.Zuberbueler, citing President Donald Trump\u2019s success in shutting down the border, says he doesn\u2019t believe border barriers are necessary. His family has also suffered enough at the hands of overreaching government, he said.\u201cThe crossings were off the charts when President Trump came into office, they dropped by like 90%,\u201d he said. \u201cSo they\u2019ve answered their own question that they don\u2019t need a wall.\u201d\u201cAnd for us personally in my family, we have a unique situation in that through the course of time, we\u2019ve lost land with the lake filling up. The federal government paid my dad for the land that was going to be inundated with water. And that was in the 60s. And then in the 70s, the state came along and took a portion of the ranch \u2026 and then in the 80s \u2026 they took more,\u201d he said.Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez said the planned vehicle barrier would be a waste of taxpayer dollars.\u201cThere\u2019s no vehicles coming across that country because they can\u2019t. 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It could also soon become home for new vehicle barriers the Trump administration is hoping to install to prevent border crossings.There\u2019s just one major problem: the vehicle barriers would be located along cliffs that drop 275 feet to the river, where it would be near-impossible for anyone to drive across. And the vehicle barriers, which consist of four-foot tall metal posts with a cross beam, don\u2019t prevent crossings on foot.\u201cThey keep talking about a vehicle barrier. It\u2019s impossible for a vehicle to drive across, come into the United States, especially in the western part of the ranch. It\u2019s deep bluffs. You would have to drive off the bluff and then it would be catastrophic,\u201d Zuberbueler told The Daily Wire.\u201cThe plan they have in place makes absolutely no sense,\u201d Zuberbueler said.Zuberbueler, citing President Donald Trump\u2019s success in shutting down the border, says he doesn\u2019t believe border barriers are necessary. His family has also suffered enough at the hands of overreaching government, he said.\u201cThe crossings were off the charts when President Trump came into office, they dropped by like 90%,\u201d he said. \u201cSo they\u2019ve answered their own question that they don\u2019t need a wall.\u201d\u201cAnd for us personally in my family, we have a unique situation in that through the course of time, we\u2019ve lost land with the lake filling up. The federal government paid my dad for the land that was going to be inundated with water. And that was in the 60s. And then in the 70s, the state came along and took a portion of the ranch \u2026 and then in the 80s \u2026 they took more,\u201d he said.Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez said the planned vehicle barrier would be a waste of taxpayer dollars.\u201cThere\u2019s no vehicles coming across that country because they can\u2019t. There\u2019s no roads on the Mexican side that\u2019s going to allow them to put their vehicle across the border through the river because 98% of those, they\u2019re canyons. It\u2019s a taxpayer\u2019s expense that taxpayers don\u2019t need to burden.\u201dZuberbueler said he\u2019s become so desperate he emailed the White House, inviting the president to visit his property.\u201cI\u2019ve got to try,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cWe don\u2019t have a choice.\u201dU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in June its plans to construct a four- to six-foot-tall steel \u201cvehicle barrier\u201d through a $2.6 billion contract, which also included the paving of new patrol roads between Sanderson and Lake Amistad.A CBP spokesperson told The Daily Wire that it\u2019s all part of \u201ca border security strategy that leverages advanced technology and the natural terrain barriers.\u201d\u201cCameras, sensors, roads, and limited low-profile post-on-rail barriers will be deployed in strategic locations to restrict unlawful vehicle access while utilizing existing natural barriers. Additionally, CBP will use and improve existing public and park roads where it is possible to provide agents with continued access along the border,\u201d the spokesperson said.Nearly 100 miles west of Val Verde County in the Big Bend region of West Texas, Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland is preparing for the federal government\u2019s construction of similar vehicle border barriers where the cliffs drop \u201canywhere from 500 feet to a 1,000 feet.\u201d\u201cI can tell you, all of Terrell County, you cannot drive a vehicle across the border there. Significant cliffs, same thing with that 37 miles of Brewster County and a lot of that country, really all of that country going into Val Verde, it\u2019s just impossible because of the cliffs that are on either side of the river,\u201d Cleveland said.The agency earlier walked back plans to build a 30-foot-tall border wall in the Big Bend region after landowners and sheriffs, including Cleveland, expressed disapproval of the project. Cleveland says the rugged mountains serve as \u201cbig natural barriers\u201d that keep crossings low and that more cameras and drones in the sky would serve them better.Cleveland, who served over two decades as a Border Patrol agent, similarly has taken issue with the plan, saying vehicle barriers wouldn\u2019t make a difference. He said they instead need what has been tagged as the \u201cvirtual wall\u201d by putting drones in the skies.The sheriff also emphasized the need for new roads along the border, which is part of the Trump administration\u2019s construction plans, so authorities can have better access to the frontlines.\u201cI believe in barriers where barriers are necessary, and this isn\u2019t an area where barriers are necessary because we have that time and distance and technology to fill those gaps,\u201d he said.","og_url":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2058","og_site_name":"Blue Route Journal","article_published_time":"2026-08-05T16:37:52+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2058#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2058"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19da116f8d79cf8987781569801c6b7c"},"headline":"Border Wall Plans Run Into A Cliff In South Texas","datePublished":"2026-08-05T16:37:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2058"},"wordCount":848,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2058#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/285173ac4ef37ccb4aab67f56843a467.avif","articleSection":["Original"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2058#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2058","url":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2058","name":"Border Wall Plans Run Into A Cliff In South Texas - 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