Thread: Border lawmakers seek to undo bill's call for solid fence

Border lawmakers seek to undo bill's call for solid fence
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Web Posted: 07/18/2009 12:00 CDT
By Gary Martin - Express-News

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from states in the Southwest are urging the House leadership to block a proposal requiring construction of 700 miles of pedestrian fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The push to move the language in a Senate-passed bill comes as House and Senate legislators meet in conference committee to iron our differences in the two pieces of legislation. The House version has no such requirement.

House Democrats from Texas, Arizona and California contend that requiring a double-layered fence — instead of using vehicle barriers and cameras and sensors — “represents wasteful spending that could alternatively be used for multitude of valuable security purposes.â€

Border lawmakers seek to undo bill's call for solid fence
READcomments (33)
Web Posted: 07/18/2009 12:00 CDT
By Gary Martin - Express-News

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from states in the Southwest are urging the House leadership to block a proposal requiring construction of 700 miles of pedestrian fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The push to move the language in a Senate-passed bill comes as House and Senate legislators meet in conference committee to iron our differences in the two pieces of legislation. The House version has no such requirement.

House Democrats from Texas, Arizona and California contend that requiring a double-layered fence — instead of using vehicle barriers and cameras and sensors — “represents wasteful spending that could alternatively be used for multitude of valuable security purposes.â€

Omit the crossings

[quote]Congress authorized 700 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in the Secure Fence Initiative of 2006. DHS has 370 miles of fence under contract, with the remainder to be secured with vehicle barriers, and technology and sensors to create a “virtual fence.â€

Omit the crossings

[quote]Congress authorized 700 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in the Secure Fence Initiative of 2006. DHS has 370 miles of fence under contract, with the remainder to be secured with vehicle barriers, and technology and sensors to create a “virtual fence.â€

[b]That's a waste of taxpayer's money,â€

[b]That's a waste of taxpayer's money,â€

[quote]House Democrats from Texas, Arizona and California contend that requiring a double-layered fence — instead of using vehicle barriers and cameras and sensors — “represents wasteful spending that could alternatively be used for multitude of valuable security purposes.â€

[quote]House Democrats from Texas, Arizona and California contend that requiring a double-layered fence — instead of using vehicle barriers and cameras and sensors — “represents wasteful spending that could alternatively be used for multitude of valuable security purposes.â€

House Democrats from Texas, Arizona and California contend that requiring a double-layered fence — instead of using vehicle barriers and cameras and sensors —

The double layer 18 foot high fence in East San Diego County includes sensors and also acts as a vehicle barrier.

The purpose built "vehicle barriers" are a joke, they are only 4 feet high and easy to ramp over. Sensors by themselves do not slow foot crossers down, all they do is allow the BP to watch illegals enter but not catch them.

House Democrats from Texas, Arizona and California contend that requiring a double-layered fence — instead of using vehicle barriers and cameras and sensors —

The double layer 18 foot high fence in East San Diego County includes sensors and also acts as a vehicle barrier.

The purpose built "vehicle barriers" are a joke, they are only 4 feet high and easy to ramp over. Sensors by themselves do not slow foot crossers down, all they do is allow the BP to watch illegals enter but not catch them.