Build Border Fence Now, GOP Lawmakers Say
Tue, June 10, 2008 - 4:28 PM

A group of North Carolina and Virginia Republican congressmen put pressure on House Democratic leaders Tuesday to fast track funding for a fence along the Mexican border.

Congress directed the Homeland Security Department to build such a fence two years ago, but the money to do so never passed. A group that included Reps. Walter Jones, Sue Myrick and Virginia Foxx of North Carolina and Virgil Goode from Virginia called on House leaders to pass funding this year.

“We know the fence will work, and that’s why the liberals are trying so hard to undo this action,â€