Thread: Hunter: Richardson's wrong about border fence

Hunter: Richardson's wrong about border fence
JASON CLAYWORTH
REGISTER STAFF WRITER


July 23, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter today criticized statements about a Mexico/United States fence that Democrat Bill Richardson made in Iowa last week, calling them simplistic and untrue.

Hunter, a supporter of the border security plan approved by Congress, says a fence is needed to protect the United States from illegal immigration, drug trafficking and terrorists from around the world who use the Mexican border to make their way into the United States.

Richardson, a presidential candidate whose mother is Mexican, said at a Des Moines event hosted by the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy that the fence would do little to stop problems.

“If you have a 10-foot-wall, which is what it is, you know what’s going to happen? Eleven-foot ladders,â€

Hunter: Richardson's wrong about border fence
JASON CLAYWORTH
DesmoinesRegister.com
July 23, 2007


Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter, in Iowa on Monday, defended plans for a border security fence and said Democrat Bill Richardson’s criticism of the proposal was simplistic and not backed by truth.

Hunter said a fence is needed along the Mexican border to protect the United States from illegal immigration, drug trafficking and terrorists from across the world who use the Mexican border to make their way into the United States.

Richardson, a Democratic presidential candidate whose mother is Mexican, ridiculed the fence idea last week at a Des Moines event hosted by the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy.

“If you have a 10-foot wall, which is what it is, you know what’s going to happen? Eleven-foot ladders,â€

You tell 'em Duncan!