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October 14, 2009
Lawmakers Scrap Plan for 300 More Miles of Fencing on Mexican Border
September 21, 2009
Billions for a US-Mexico border fence, but is it doing any good? The cost for adding 600 miles of new barriers is $2.4 billion so far. The new fencing has been breached more than 3,000 times, a government report finds. – also says $6.5 billion will be needed to maintain the new fencing over the next 20 years
September 3, 2009
A vacation trip through Tijuana affords the opportunity to pass along some lessons about the fence that divides the U.S. and Mexico. But the teacher becomes the student. – Hector Tobar
August 26, 2009
Police in the Mexican border city of Tijuana say they have arrested six men for stealing pieces of the U.S. border fence to sell as scrap metal.
July 9, 2009
Obama’s Border Fence The U.S. – Mexico border fence—are private contractors making billions on a project that won’t even work? – (a must watch video – see it here)
January 28, 2009
The controversial U.S.-Mexico border fence could be finished in the El Paso region in about two weeks as construction nears its national goal, officials said.
U.S.-Mexico border fence almost complete – just 69 miles to go
January 26, 2009
Opponents of the Border Fence Look to Obama
December 29, 2008
Tensions rise with U.S.-Mexican border fence – As construction crews have moved into El Paso, a working-class, largely Hispanic city of 600,000 in Texas’ western corner, emotions have intensified.
December 23, 2008
Border Fence Project Surpasses 500-Mile Mark Pedestrian, Vehicle Fence Installed Along the Border in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas + Fact Sheet
December 18, 2008
The U.S. government has completed 500 miles of fencing along the border with Mexico, which is just 170 miles short of its goal.
December 5, 2008
El Paso to Obama: Tear Down That Wall
November 17, 2008
Leaders from Texas-Mexico border communities asked state legislators Thursday to help them take a stand against a federal border fence that they say harms business, culture and wildlife habitat.
October 15, 2008
Tijuana River drifters haunt border fence’s shadow
September 12, 2008
The Bush administration needs an extra $400 million to complete its fence along the country’s southwestern border, and government investigators say that may not even be enough to finish construction by the end of this year.
August 18, 2008
Valley residents fenced into no man’s land by border wall -16-year-old Aaron Anzaldua jumps off the family tractor after cutting the grass around his family’s ranch. Under current border-fence construction plans, the ranch would be cut off from the rest of the state.
August 17, 2008
A border fence that doubles as a billboard? Why not?
August 11, 2008
As Valley border fence work begins, questions resurface – Feds take steps to make sure only legal workers build barriers
July 22, 2008
Illinois Rep. Foster travels to U.S.-Mexico border
July 16, 2008
Border fence lawsuit will be heard in federal court in El Paso
July 13, 2008
Marchers pray for immigration reform, end to border fence – El Paso
June 30, 2008
The Border Fence Folly – Six simple reasons the border fence is terrible policy
Border fence would cut through Texas university
June 24, 2008
Immigrant deaths are down in Yuma sector
Border fence challenge rebuffed by Supreme Court – The justices decline to hear a petition from environmentalists, allowing the Department of Homeland Security to continue construction.
Will the fence work if troops head home?
