[Army Air Corps]

One holdout, Eloisa Garcia Tamez, 72, owns three acres in El Calaboz, Texas, about 12 miles west of Brownsville, a city at the state's southernmost tip.

Fine, you feed and clothe the illegals, Ms Tamez.

[bill1952]

> A government spending bill that Bush signed last month gave Chertoff leeway in deciding whether the 700 miles of fencing is needed

Oh really?

>A 2006 law signed by President Bush mandates a 700-mile fence along the border

Anyone else see the direct contradiction in the two above laws?
There is no longer any legal mandate at all if a government hack can decide what is needed and what is not.

This fence is probably doomed.

[Donnaplume]

This is the greatest thing I have heard today. Wonderful news. Any American blocking this fence should be held up to public ridicule. But in the end they lose real bad to the condemnation power of the greater good. Good job Bush Administration. 102 people need to go get lawyers and pay them huge bucks but they will be crushed by the Federal Court system. THE FENCE IS THE LAW!!!

[Eagles6]

Just turn Eloisa’s land into an Indian casino with one way entry doors from the US and exit doors into mexico.

[MovementConservative]

Good job President Bush. Get that sucker completed before someone else becomes pres.

[DaveyB]

...others who claim ancestral rights to the land or whose families were awarded property through Spanish land grants...

Wonder how they would feel if the fence was on the other side of their land - ie they are left on the Mexico side with no direct access to the USA mainland? I bet the threat would have them singing another tune!

[ozzymandus]

We’re screwed, and we should admit it and just learn Spanish.

[jmyrlefuller]

This is what eminent domain is for.

[YHAOS]

"The Bush administration wants to build 370 miles of fencing and 300 miles of vehicle barriers by the end of the year."

Really? I'll believe it when I see it (up and actually functioning).

[Balding_Eagle]

What I’s like to see is to let some of these land owners alone, just build UP TO their property from each side, leaving their property as a ‘freeway for illegals.

After a few dozen shoot-outs between coyotes and drug dealers, a few break-ins, a life or two threatened, there might be a change in heart.

[eyedigress]

And the easement on an International Border is how much?