Border barrier to skirt Rio Grande, avoid private land - Texas

In a bid to overcome angry resistance to the government’s planned border barrier, federal officials have agreed to run a contested section close to the Rio Grande rather than slice through miles of private land.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced the agreement with Hidalgo County officials Friday, hailing it as a precedent that could be echoed in other parts of the state where resistance to the barrier has been most intense. “*

*From: http://www.latimes.com
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