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| US House votes to wall up Mexico border - 1st 798 Miles of Friendship Fence |
| 2005-12-16 |
| The House of Representatives voted to build a wall along the US border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration. The 260-159 voice vote on an amendment to a bill on illegal immigration "mandates the construction of specific security fencing, including lights and cameras, along the Southwest border for the purposes of gaining operational control of the border. "Fencing has been designated in sectors that have the highest number of immigrant deaths, instances of drug smuggling and illegal border crossings," because of the large number of would-be immigrants who die in the desert attempting to cross the US border. The US border with Canada was not forgotten. The bill "includes a requirement for the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study on the use of physical barriers along the Northern border." The US-Mexico border is 3,200 kilometers (2,000 miles) long Now the Senate needs pressuring |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 Vicente Foxe will now (finally!) start having to fix his economy. His escape valve for the corrupt and criminal Mexican government and their mismanagement of the Mexican economy just got cranked shut a notch. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2005-12-16 22:26 |
| #1 Good fences make good neighbors. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2005-12-16 16:08 |