On AlterNet: border fence

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Border Fantasies

The New York TimesSeptember 22, 2009.

The GAO has concluded that there’s no good way of gauging the effectiveness of the border fence.

Another 'Mission Accomplished' on the Border?

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."

The Border, the Wall and a Post-9/11 New World Order

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.

Border Fence to Carve up Nature Reserve

Enrique Gili, IPS News. November 21, 2008.

The Wall is being constructed over the objections of communities living near the border.

Obama vs. McCain: The Battle over Immigration Has Woken up an Electoral Sleeping Giant -- Voter Guide

AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.

See how Obama and McCain compare on everything from border fences to Homeland Security's brutal immigrant detention network.

Immigration: Do Fences Make Good Neighbors?

Corinne Ramey, Drum Major Institute. May 2, 2008.

Interestingly, the proposed border fence skirts the properties of wealthy and well-connected individuals.

We Paid What for That Virtual Border Fence?

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.

Texans to Bush: Get Off Our Lawn!

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.

Arizona Border Fence Causes Flood and Self-Destructs—as Predicted

Bryan Gerhart, December 31, 1969.