border fence

Border fence provisions in DHS bill struck down - 10/07/2009

... installation of 700 miles of the border fence by the end of next year. The fence requirement was inserted in July as an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). It was adopted with the support of most GOP senators and 21 Democrats. But the conference report went with the House's position, which didn't include any requirements on the fence's construction. To be frank, a fenc...

Janet Napolitano falsely says "crossing the border is not a crime" (+border fence, Arpaio) - 4/21/2009

... Poverty Law Center. Regarding the border fence: And so we will complete the amount of fencing that the Congress has appropriated money for. We're only a few miles short right now. And all of the contracts have been let, the construction basically either has been begun or is just about to begin. It's just a couple of miles left. Those following that saga will probably correctly point out...

John King/CNN: border fence works (but, maybe "reform" would be better) - 2/15/2009

John King of CNN offers "Border fence is a dividing line in immigration debate", a report from his "State of the Union" show (link). It provides anecdotal evidence that the border fence works where it's deployed, but he also closes on a note that might have been designed to promote comprehensive immigration reform, aka amnesty.

Bennie Thompson, Dingell, Conyers, Reyes, Ortiz, other Democrats support Sierra Club lawsuit over border fence (DHS, environmental waiver) - 4/08/2008

... order to build sections of the border fence. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee attempts to portray this as a Constitutional matter: this waiver by the Secretary of Homeland Security is a direct challenge to Congress’s Constitutional role. The American people entrust Congress to ensure that the laws of this land are faithfully executed not excused by the Executive Bran...

Raul Grijalva wants to secure border ecologically soundly (Defenders of Wildlife) - 6/13/2007

From a Defenders of Wildlife press release (link): Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) yesterday introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would secure America's border with Mexico while reducing the negative impact on local communities and resources, including national parks, wildlife refuges and monuments that are home to several critically endangered species. H.R.2593, the Borde...

Gabrielle Giffords' first immigration speech - 1/13/2007

I've been told that one of the big blogging stories of 2006 was all the hacks, er, bloggers who were hired by campaigns. Well, guess what! This blog has just been hired by a politician you've probably heard of, and you'd never guess I'd be working for her, but I am. Finally today I can announce: I've been hired to give the plain English, BS-free version of Gabrielle Giffor...

Texas gov Rick Perry: no full fence, yes to anchor babies, guest workers - 12/09/2006

From this: ...Republican Gov. Rick Perry earned applause from the crowd [at a meeting of the Texas Border Coalition] when he said strategic fencing along the border makes sense but the idea of a complete wall or fence is "preposterous." Instead, he wants the federal government to establish a guest-worker program that will allow the government to track workers, he said. ...Perry wa...

Amnesty proponents can't be trusted (Democrats waver on border fence) - 11/11/2006

... 'revisit' law creating border fence": Democrats will look again at the legislation mandating 698 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border and might seek to scrap the plan altogether when they take control of Congress next year. Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat, told reporters this week that he expected to "revisit" the issue when he becomes chairman of ...

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