Posted on 01/08/2019 6:46:12 PM PST by cotton1706
DO you know the story of the Incredible Disappearing Border Fence? It’s an object lesson in gesture politics and homeland insecurity. It’s a tale of hollow rhetoric, meaningless legislation and bipartisan betrayal.
And – in the runup to the Iowa caucuses – it’s a helpful learning tool as you assess the promises of immigration-enforcement converts now running for president.
Last fall, Democrats and Republicans in Washington responded to continued public outrage over border chaos by passing the “Secure Fence Act.”
Did you question the timing? You should have. It’s no coincidence they finally got off their duffs to respond just before the 2006 midterm elections.
Lawmakers vowed grandiosely to keep America safe. The law specifically called for “at least two layers of reinforced fencing, the installation of additional physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras and sensors” at five specific stretches of border totaling approximately 700 miles.
GOP leaders patted themselves on the back for their toughness. President Bush made a huge to-do in signing the bill into law. Never mind the lack of funding for the fence and the failure to address many other immediate reforms that could have been adopted immediately to strengthen immigration enforcement, close deportation loopholes and provide systemic relief at the border without the need for a single brick or bulldozer.
On the very day the bill was signed, open-borders politicians were already moving to water it down. Texas Republican Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn pushed for “flexibility to choose other options instead of fencing, if needed.”
Six months after passage of the Secure Fence Act – now interpreted by Washington as the Flexible Non-Fence Act or, as I call it, the FINO (Fence in Name Only) Act – 700 miles shrunk to “somewhere in the ballpark” of 370 miles.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
And they're not funding it now. BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT IT AND DON'T WANT US TO HAVE IT.
We Built the 2006-2007 Wall: ‘Over 100 Miles in 90 Days’
American Thinker | February 10, 2019 | Jonathon A Moseely
Posted on 02/10/2019 5:48:38 AM PST by Moseley
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