The Great Wall (fence) of America
Republicans will go into the elections with a message that they've made great strides fighting illegal immigration, including authorizing a fence along one-third of the U.S.-Mexico border and making a $1.2 billion down payment on it.A fence!? How embarrassing. What's next, a moat?
Among its final tasks before leaving to campaign, the Senate on Friday night passed and sent to President Bush a bill authorizing 700 miles of fencing on the nearly 2,000-mile long southern border.
No one knows how much it will cost, but a separate bill also on the way to the White House makes a $1.2 billion down payment on it. A 14-mile segment of fence under construction in San Diego is costing $126.5 million.
The fence bill was passed by the House two weeks ago. The Senate vote Friday night was 80-19.
In addition to money for starting work on the fence, a homeland security bill Congress was completing Friday includes $380 million to hire 1,500 more Border Patrol agents and money to build detention facilities to hold 6,700 more illegal immigrants until they can be deported...
posted by BrooklynKat at 1:12 PM
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The "fence issue" is just a ploy to attract voters for Republicans. If you read on, you'll see that after all this drama, they passed another bill that authorizes the Bush administration to use the money any way they want (not necessarily for a fence, in other words).
Everyone knows a fence is a waste of money, but this is a perfect opportunity to get the less educated voters all riled up.
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