Chertoff: Texas border fence 'on track' for fall (Houston Chronicle)

[Eugene]

Source: Houston Chronicle

July 19, 2007, 1:20PM
Texas border fence 'on track' for fall
Chertoff says communities will be consulted,
but won't get a veto

By JAMES PINKERTON
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

Construction of a polarizing fence along the Texas-Mexico
border is expected to begin by this fall, U.S. Homeland
Security Secretary Michael Chertoff confirmed Wednesday,
adding that border communities will be consulted "in terms
of style" so the government doesn't "create any eyesores."

"I expect we'll be doing some construction in Texas this
fiscal year," Chertoff said, referring to the government's
fiscal year that ends Sept. 30.

The construction timeline appears to be the first
acknowledgment by Homeland Security of a start time for
the fence's construction in Texas. Federal officials, however,
have still not disclosed the fence's location.

In an interview Wednesday with the Chronicle to discuss
Homeland Security grants, Chertoff also provided new
details for the fence, saying it would not be a solid wall, or
a double layer of fencing on either side of a border road
as has been installed in San Diego. He said gates would be
erected to allow municipal officials access to key
infrastructure such as water pumps.

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[Solon]

1. So which of Bush's cronies is building this piece of shit again?

I swear, if nothing else, this is just a flat giveaway to some bigassed corporation. Hell, its probably Bin Laden Construction Company, for all I know. Wouldn't surprise me a bit. Whose bright idea was it to think, for one second, that this fence or wall will be effective? All you need is some cheap-assed wire cutters or a hammer and boom, this barrier is ineffective. I'm trying to figure out who they think is dumber, Americans or Mexicans?

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Living in Arkansas, I sincerely hope they continue to build their 'fence' around

the entire state of Texas. Then they can keep their kids from coming here to college!