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Border wall meets formidable barrier

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“Remember the congressional vote to build a wall across part of the U.S.-Mexico border? Maybe it was all a con.

In September, the House of Representatives voted 283-138, and the Senate 80-19 to authorize about 700 miles of fencing. Mission accomplished for border security? Not quite. For one thing, the wall covered only a third of the U.S.-Mexico frontier. And, second of all, Congress only authorized the wall – it didn’t fund it. (The cost is estimated as between $4 billion and $8 billion.) “

Posted on: November 16th, 2006
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Commentary, Immigration, Politics
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