Posted on 03/15/2011 9:37:34 PM PDT by pissant
A bill introduced in Congress today could lead to an additional 350 miles of fencing along the southwest border and would require the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress when apprehension activity climbs 40 percent year over year, if it is approved.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, authored the bill, titled “Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act,” in response to a Government Accountability Report that found 44 percent of the southwest border is under “operational control” and 15 percent is totally secure. The legislation is co-sponsored by Republicans Brian Bilbray, Solana Beach, Ed Royce, Fullerton, and Ted Poe, Texas, and North Carolina Democrats Heath Shuler and Mike McIntyre.
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Fencing is a fine art, but I had no idea they were fencing down there on the border. I thought the just threw rocks or something. :)
Good bill. Glad to see Bilbray (neighboring district) is co-sponsor along with some Dems. That GAO report shows how impotent DHS and ICE are.
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