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Border Fence Fiasco
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/17/border.fence/index.html
I think people like Elosia Tamez are absolutely in the right on this matter. The fence idea is stupid. If people are willing to swim across the Rio Grande, then a fence will merely slow them down, but will not stop them. People will find a way around, over or under it if they are determined enough to do so. Without sufficient Border Patrol guards to react to any alarm set off when a sensor is triggered, this fence is just a waste of money because by the time they arrived, any one that triggered it in the first place would be long gone.
Enforcement of current immigration laws for employers would do far more to stem the flow of illegal immigrants than this fence will; but that won't happen because Bush doesn't want to upset the status quo or big businesses that rely on cheap labor that contribute heavily to the Republican Party.
With the US economy teetering on the brink of a recession, THIS is the best thing the Bush Administration can find to spend money on?
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