How about that 'virtual border fence'? $1.1 Billiom spent so far & little to show for it.

[imurhuckleberry]

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Published: March 16, 2010

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By now, according to the original timeline, the system was supposed to be working along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico. But shortly after Boeing was awarded the contract, red flags went up over its lack of oversight and potential for cost overruns.

Read entire article @ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/us/17fence.html



Don't be fooled when it says "The virtual fence is part of a multiyear, multibillion-dollar effort known as the Secure Border Initiative that was announced with fanfare by the Bush administration in November 2005. Besides increasing the number of guards and expanding a border wall, it promised a sophisticated system of cameras, sensors and radar that would zero in on people crossing the border with new speed and clarity and quickly guide agents to them"

Bush budget scrapped 9,790 border patrol agents
http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-02-09/news/17360128_1_border-agents-patrol-agents-new-border

[xchrom]

1. Lol! There was never going to be a Great Wall of America.

And this hyteria over 'illegals' is just stupid.