Web Posted: 11/27/2009 12:00 CST

After fence fight, border leaders get proactive with feds

By Gary Martin - Express-News

WASHINGTON — After several years of fighting the U.S.-Mexico border fence, a coalition of Texas elected officials is working with the Obama administration on ways to improve border ports and facilitate trade while fighting drug smuggling.

The Texas Border Coalition's involvement with policymaking comes after a bitter tangle with the federal government over construction of the fence that Congress and the White House approved, but border business leaders and human rights groups opposed.

“We've got to work together,â€