Arizona city seeks moat to secure Mexico border

Interesting idea! I like it. Better fishing, and the 'wet' backs will stand out a little more.

Ok! Sorry about that, but it IS funny! Just not PC.

Arizona city seeks moat to secure Mexico border | U.S. | Reuters: "Faced with high-levels of crime and illegal immigration, authorities in Yuma are reaching back to a technique as old as a medieval castle to dig out a 'security channel' on a crime-ridden stretch of the border and fill it with water.

'The moats that I've seen circled the castle and allowed you to protect yourself, and that's kind of what we're looking at here,' said Yuma County Sheriff Ralph Ogden, who is backing the project.

Curbing illegal immigration and securing the nearly 2,000 mile (3,200-kilometre) southwestern border are hot topics in this U.S. election year. Washington has pledged to complete 670 miles of new barriers by the close of 2008, despite resistance from landowners and environmentalists."