Fence? What fence?
Good news.
A 28-mile “virtual fence” that will use radars and surveillance cameras along the Mexican border to try to catch people entering the country illegally has gotten final government approval.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Friday was to announce approval of the fence, which was built by the Boeing Co. and which uses technology the Bush administration plans to extend to other parts of the Arizona border as well as in Texas. These projects could get under way as early as this summer, officials said.
The virtual fence is part of a national plan to secure the southwest border with physical barriers and technological detection capabilities intended to stop illegal immigrants on foot and drug smugglers in vehicles. As of Feb. 8, 295 miles of fencing had been constructed.
Funny thing is, I could have sworn our southern border was longer than 295 miles. But hey, building that fence is expensive, and we’d rather spend money building one for Mexico, on their southern border.
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