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| Photo caption: Monument marks border in California. Note tire tracks and lack of fencing of any kind. See larger photo. |
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CNS News -- May 1
Only 12 Miles of Real Border Fence Done Despite Law and May Deadline
Two years after President George W. Bush signed the Secure Fence Act into law, which required 700 miles of double-layer fencing to be constructed along five strategic stretches of the southern U.S. border by May 2008, only 80 miles of fencing have been built - and just 12 miles of it is double-layered.
"By eliminating the double-fence requirement, the Democratic Congress is going to make it easier for drug and human smugglers to cross our Southern land border," Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), who wrote the original fencing specification in the Secure Fence Act, said when the U.S. House passed a resolution altering the language of the act, including eliminating the double-layer requirement for the fencing. [...]
"We certainly know where the Americans stand, with the vast majority supporting a border fence," Hunter said. "But (its future) will depend entirely on how committed the next administration is to this effort."
Note: ABP will report on border fence mileage tomorrow. |
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