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Tancredo Asks Obama to Build Border Fence

President-elect to focus on infrastructure projects around U.S.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) today asked President-elect Barack Obama to build the congressionally mandated border fence between the United States and Mexico. Obama has introduced new economic initiatives aimed at creating 2.5 million jobs and improving American infrastructure.

"It is imperative that the President-elect use his new public works programs to build the border fence he voted for in the Senate," Tancredo said. "Not only will this create new jobs – as Obama said was his main goal – it will drastically improve our national security in these perilous times."

Obama's new economic stimulus program includes sweeping new initiatives for U.S. infrastructure projects. Key initiatives in the Obama plan are energy independence, school improvement, roads and bridges, broadband and electronic medical records. The President-elect has not mentioned funding the construction of the new border fence between the U.S. and Mexico.

Tancredo concluded, "We must use this new ‘new deal’ to secure our borders, help preserve American jobs and create a stronger economy for America's working families."

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