On AlterNet: border fence
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The New York TimesSeptember 22, 2009.
The GAO has concluded that there’s no good way of gauging the effectiveness of the border fence.
No Border Wall, Daily Kos. July 29, 2009.
"You cannot build a fence from San Diego to Brownsville, Texas, and call that an immigration policy."
Dzung Do, New America Media. December 30, 2008.
After Sept. 11, the U.S. increased control of the southern border to try to stop illegal immigrants.
Enrique Gili, IPS News. November 21, 2008.
The Wall is being constructed over the objections of communities living near the border.
AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.
See how Obama and McCain compare on everything from border fences to Homeland Security's brutal immigrant detention network.
Corinne Ramey, Drum Major Institute. May 2, 2008.
Interestingly, the proposed border fence skirts the properties of wealthy and well-connected individuals.
Stephen Pizzo, News for Real. April 26, 2008.
The government scraps an expensive prototype of its highly touted "virtual fence" -- a multimillion-dollar waste of taxpayer money.
Marisa Treviño, AlterNet: PEEK. August 16, 2007.
Marisa Treviño: Texas activists, politicians and local law enforcement are uniting to oppose Bush's plans for a border fence in their backyard.