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Is anyone surprised? After Obama publicly stepped on the toes of illegal immigrants by denying them access to government funded healthcare, his Administration had to do something to make those illegals and, by extension, their aspiring border-hopping friends and family, feel like Obama and Democrats are on their side. This is just a crack in the door of appeasement that will be flung wide open when Democrats decide its time to turn up the charm for the 2010/2012 elections. "We stopped funding of the border fence!" I can hear it already.
The article says that only 36 miles of fencing have been built but actually it is more like 360 miles. Border politicians (mayors, congressmen, AZ governor) are against the deMint amendment and believe that money for the expensive $7 million per mile fence is better allocated in other border security endeavors & at ports of entry.
Half of the border - the Texas/Mexico section - runs along the Rio Grande where border fencing would cause more problems than it solves. The fence would be set back on the US side of the river, cutting off farmers from their water supply and in Brownsville running through the middle of the University of Texas. A fence is not the answer in all border segments.
The article says that only 36 miles of fencing have been built but actually it is more like 360 miles. Border politicians (mayors, congressmen, AZ governor) are against the deMint amendment and believe that money for the expensive $7 million per mile fence is better allocated in other border security endeavors & at ports of entry.
Half of the border - the Texas/Mexico section - runs along the Rio Grande where border fencing would cause more problems than it solves. The fence would be set back on the US side of the river, cutting off farmers from their water supply and in Brownsville running through the middle of the University of Texas. A fence is not the answer in all border segments.
The article says that only 36 miles of fencing have been built but actually it is more like 360 miles. Border politicians (mayors, congressmen, AZ governor) are against the deMint amendment and believe that money for the expensive $7 million per mile fence is better allocated in other border security endeavors & at ports of entry.
Half of the border - the Texas/Mexico section - runs along the Rio Grande where border fencing would cause more problems than it solves. The fence would be set back on the US side of the river, cutting off farmers from their water supply and in Brownsville running through the middle of the University of Texas. A fence is not the answer in all border segments.
Back in 2005 I said that there was one great answer to our border problems. We should have dug the Rio Grande down to about 20 feet deep all along it. Taken the excess dirt to New Orleans and built up the lower parts of the flooded part of the city. Then gone to Florida for as many alligators as were in excess and brought them back to the Texas border to live in the newly dug out river. That would settle three problems in one fell swoop. The alligators may have a sweet tooth for Mexicans, who knows?
A fence is only one part of the solution. E-verify is another. No one solution is going to solve the problem. A fence does stop some and other measures can do the rest.
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