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Title: Work on Texas border wall to begin soon: Chertoff
Source:
Reuters
URL Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1940889620070719
Published: Jul 19, 2007
Author: staff
Post Date: 2007-07-20 18:44:45 by mirage
Keywords: None
Views: 294
Comments: 7
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Construction on a border wall in southern Texas is expected to begin by this autumn, despite strong local opposition, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in an interview published on Thursday. Chertoff told the Houston Chronicle the federal government "can't rule out" using powers of eminent domain to seize land for the wall that is intended to stem the flow of illegal immigrants entering the United States from Mexico. In heavily Hispanic southern Texas, where cultural and economic ties to Mexico run deep, local officials, business groups and environmentalists have spoken out against the wall as unnecessary and unwanted. But Chertoff said national security was at stake, so the project will move ahead shortly. "I expect we'll be doing some construction in Texas this fiscal year," he said, referring to the government fiscal year ending September 30. Local officials said recently they had been told the Homeland Security department plans to have 153 miles of wall in place in Texas by the end of 2008. While locals may be consulted on the type of fence constructed, they will not have veto power over whether the wall will be built, Chertoff said. "Because the fence is not only to protect the border communities, it's to protect the country," he said. Construction on the wall already has begun in Arizona, Chertoff said. Washington aims to have "operational control" of the border by 2013 by building the 700-mile (1,120-km) wall along parts of the frontier and creating a "virtual fence" in desert areas with drones, sensors, cameras, satellite technology and vehicle barriers.
Poster Comment: "operational control of the border by 2013" These guys are quite efficient. /sarc
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#1. To: mirage, *Eminent Domain* (#0)
Ron Paul for President
This wall cannot be a good idea, they want it.
Ron Paul for President
Are you sure they want it? Keep in mind, Chertoff has taken a year to put in less than 10 miles. They do NOT want the wall.
America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall and the Congress is out to lunch.
An Israeli firm has the contract for the drone to patrol the border. This wall could be to keep us in.
Ron Paul for President
The new fiscal year is October...there will be no wall, ever...another Boeing/Israeli contract coming. Just a taste of what's being field tested on if Iraq. Walls, shovels, ladders. Duh.
#2. To: mirage, *The Border* (#0)
#3. To: mirage (#0)
Local officials said recently they had been told the Homeland Security department plans to have 153 miles of wall in place in Texas by the end of 2008.
#4. To: robin (#2)
This wall cannot be a good idea, they want it.
#5. To: mirage (#4)
#6. To: robin (#5)
“Yes, but is this good for Jews?"
#7. To: mirage (#0)
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