How's that Border Fence Coming Along?

I once knew this junkie cabbie from San Francisco who told me that the illegal immigration issue was a trumped up issue used by the Republicans to scare people into voting for them.  Of course, the guy moved out of California since I knew him.  So he didn't have to stick around and "enjoy" the fruits of his demented stance.

U.S. border authorities have arrested a controversial Muslim cleric who was deported from Canada to Tunisia three years ago and was caught earlier this month trying to sneak into California inside the trunk of a BMW, according to court documents.

Said Jaziri, the former Imam of a Muslim congregation in Montreal, was hidden inside a car driven by a San Diego-area man who was pulled over by U.S. Border Patrol agents near an Indian casino east of San Diego. Jaziri allegedly paid a Tijuana-based smuggling group $5,000 to get him across the border near Tecate, saying he wanted to be taken to a “safe place anywhere in the U.S.”

Meanwhile...in Arizona, smugglers are using catapults to launch their pot over the border.

TUCSON - Smugglers using a catapult to launch marijuana across the border were observed on a remote video surveillance system, and National Guard troops coordinated with Mexican authorities to disrupt the far-flung operation.

On Friday evening, National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system at the Naco Border Patrol Station observed several people south of the International Boundary Fence preparing a catapult and launching packages over the International Border fence, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Here's video of the catapult operation.  It's Mexico's sputnik moment.