Virtual fence to guard Arizona border to be approved
EILEEN SULLIVAN

WASHINGTON — The government plans to approve a 28-mile virtual fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said today.

Last year the government withheld partial payment to contractor Boeing Co. because the technology the company used in the test project near Tucson, Ariz., did not work properly. The department gave a conditional acceptance in December.

Chertoff saw the fence during a trip to Arizona last week.

“I think it looks good,â€