Work On Texas Border Wall To Begin Soon: Chertoff

Work on Texas border wall to begin soon: ChertoffThu Jul 19, 2007 2:20PM EDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Construction on a border wall in southern Texas is expected to begin by this autumn, despite strong local opposition, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in an interview published on Thursday.

Chertoff told the Houston Chronicle the federal government "can't rule out" using powers of eminent domain to seize land for the wall that is intended to stem the flow of illegal immigrants entering the United States from Mexico.

In heavily Hispanic southern Texas, where cultural and economic ties to Mexico run deep, local officials, business groups and environmentalists have spoken out against the wall as unnecessary and unwanted.

But Chertoff said national security was at stake, so the project will move ahead shortly.

"I expect we'll be doing some construction in Texas this fiscal year," he said, referring to the government fiscal year ending September 30.

Local officials said recently they had been told the Homeland Security department plans to have 153 miles of wall in place in Texas by the end of 2008.

While locals may be consulted on the type of fence constructed, they will not have veto power over whether the wall will be built, Chertoff said.

"Because the fence is not only to protect the border communities, it's to protect the country," he said.

Construction on the wall already has begun in Arizona, Chertoff said. Washington aims to have "operational control" of the border by 2013 by building the 700-mile (1,120-km) wall along parts of the frontier and creating a "virtual fence" in desert areas with drones, sensors, cameras, satellite technology and vehicle barriers.

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Let's see if he follows through with his statements. :roll:

Yeah, right. They'll dawdle along and make excuses and never get it done, hoping by the time 2013 rolls around everyone will have forgotten about it. That talking skull Chertoff is all talk, trying to soothe ruffled feathers. He'a a liar and a joke.

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"Because the fence is not only to protect the border communities, it's to protect the country," he (Chertoff)said.

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Build the FENCE!!!!!

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Build the FENCE!!!!!

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Soon, my friend, soon...







soon.

Didn't Chertoff just say a few weeks ago that 100 miles would be COMPLETED by Sept.? Of course, he didn't say which YEAR that would be!

Glenn Spencer of American Patrol was on one of the talk shows yesterday and he said that he has personally flown his plane several hundred miles along the Mexican side of the border THREE times and that the work on the fence stopped last MARCH!!! Glenn had to get a special permit from Mexico to fly his plane on the Mexican side of the border...what a feat!

In addition, they are not planning to build a double walled fence like the one in San Ysidro! It sounds like whatever they build will ultimately be ineffective...which is the point, I presume!

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Construction on the wall already has begun in Arizona, Chertoff said. Washington aims to have "operational control" of the border by 2013 by building the 700-mile (1,120-km) wall along parts of the frontier and creating a "virtual fence" in desert areas with drones, sensors, cameras, satellite technology and vehicle barriers.

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And don't forget the atomic robots by the year 2043 and then the Mars colony by 2073 where illegal immigrants will sent... and then... and then...

THIS IS ALL A BUNCH OF CRAP!

WAKE UP!

DRONES???!!!???

[quote="AmericanMe"]Didn't Chertoff just say a few weeks ago that 100 miles would be COMPLETED by Sept.? Of course, he didn't say which YEAR that would be!

Sept 1, 2020 8O would be about right....
Chertoff is one big @#^&*** :evil:

Worried about your job Chertoff. You are the next one that Bush is going to hang for this. He has a list of them that are gone and a list of waiting to pin his failed policies on.
I hope he does not treat you like the two border agents that are in prison right now.

There was a time when I thought a wall or fence could actually stem the flow of illegal immigration. But not anymore. They'll find a way around it. But I still want it built...it sends a message, and that's better than nothing.

What Chertoff failed to tell us, was that many of those building this fence are "guess what"? illegal aliens......

The federal government is the no. 1 employer of illegals. Even our Pentagon has approximately 2000 illegals employed !!!! Our Pentagon???? Top secret, classified information? I learned this info. an hour or so ago on Lou Dobbs.

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Worried about your job Chertoff. You are the next one that Bush is going to hang
for this. He has a list of them that are gone and a list of waiting to pin his failed policies on.
I hope he does not treat you like the two border agents that are in prison right now.

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I believe Chertoff is safe. He knows where too many of the bodies are buried. He may leave, but he won't suffer.

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There was a time when I thought a wall or fence could actually stem the flow of illegal immigration. But not anymore. They'll find a way around it. But I still want it built...it sends a message, and that's better than nothing.

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Or maybe they will be allowed to tunnel under it. Read the following newspaper article. You will notice that the US government doesn't really try all that hard to stop illegal immigration...

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/06 ... _22_07.txt

Mexican authorities uncover border tunnel into San Diego County

By: North County Times wire services -

"SAN DIEGO - Mexican authorities have discovered an unfinished cross-border tunnel that extends 31 feet into San Diego County, federal officials announced today.

The passageway, discovered yesterday morning, originates in Baja California and is located south of the intersection of Via de la Amistad and Enrico Fermi Drive and about a half-mile east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.

So far, U.S. Border Patrol agents have not discovered access to the tunnel on the U.S. side, but an investigation is continuing, authorities said."

Thanks, US authorities! Continue away! We trust you...

Really we do.

Really.

OK. I have an idea.

Wouldn't "access" to the US side of the tunnel be at the end of the tunnel that started in Mexico? Get it?

You go to the end of the tunnel, and then you find its so-called "US access" point!!!

WOW! I am a genius!

Why do we tolerate this crap?

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Worried about your job Chertoff. You are the next one that Bush is going to hang for this. He has a list of them that are gone and a list of waiting to pin his failed policies on.
I hope he does not treat you like the two border agents that are in prison right now.

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Once Sutton goes down the crapper (and he is not bright enough to hang on) Chertoff is next.

One by one they will fall. I can't wait for the books to be published after Bush's term is over. Can you imagine the people who are going to try and rebuild there reputations?

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One by one they will fall. I can't wait for the books to be published after Bush's term is over. Can you imagine the people who are going to try and rebuild there reputations?

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I'm wondering if Bush will do an autobiography....I can't think of a single accomplishment he could possibly come up with! And I wonder about the Presidential Library...what could he possibly put into his library...a copy of MY PET GOAT?