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Environmental soap opera along US-Mexico border
By Bob Barr
as published in The Atlanta Journal Constitution
11/23/2009
A soap opera is playing itself out along our southwest border; a comedy of errors with serious repercussions for efforts to stem illegal immigration into the United States from Mexico. The contest is pitting federal officials with responsibility for enforcing environmental and endangered species laws, against those responsible for monitoring and enforcing border security. Thus far, the environmentalists appear to be winning.
Three years ago, President George W. Bush signed into law a measure mandating construction of a fence along the US-Mexico border. Combining physical barriers along part of its length, with high-tech “virtual fence” mechanisms in other, more remote areas, the project has been plagued with cost overruns, lengthy delays, frequent breaches, and expensive repairs. Read More... View Articles & Columns
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