Last iconic 'immigrant crossing sign' disappears

While politicians are embroiled in a polarized national debate over immigration, an iconic road sign cautioning drivers near the San Diego border to watch for migrants running across the highway has quietly disappeared.

The “immigrant crossing” signs have become obsolete, said Cathryne Bruce-Johnson, a spokeswoman for Caltrans. The transportation department stopped replacing the signs years ago because it constructed fences along medians to deter people from running across highways.

The last sign, which stood on the side of Interstate 5 near the San Ysidro border crossing, vanished in September.

“It’s gone,” Bruce-Johnson said. “Caltrans crews did not remove it, so it’s assumed stolen.”

Signs are more often damaged or vandalized than stolen, according to Bruce-Johnson, but when they are taken, there isn’t much Caltrans can do to get them back.

California Highway Patrol sergeant Dan Kyle said that officers who worked during the years before the fences were added recalled responding weekly to several fatal collisions between cars and unauthorized immigrants on the highway in San Ysidro.

This story reminds me of the South Park episode - Immigrants from the future. They basically made fun of this situation in California and these warning signs but instead of Mexicans crossing the border it was immigrants from the future where living conditions sucked and money was worth much less. Probably the future for us if Hillary would of became president.

California should be happy once the wall is built because they won't need these signs or maintain any of the fencing they put up to replace them.

Souce: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-immigration-sign-20180208-story.html