Homeland Security is furiously working to complete construction of a planned 670 miles of fence along the southern border before the Bush administration ends in eight months. Critics, particularly in Texas, are working just as hard to derail the project, citing environmental concerns, private-property seizure and a hefty price tag.Isn't that what the American people asked when they said no to AMNESTY and yes to enforce the laws that exists. Employers will not hire when the penalties will be enforced.
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According to a 2007 study by the Congressional Research Service, the fence could cost as much as $70 million a mile to build and maintain over the next 25 years. At 670 miles, that would run as high as $47 billion, which doesn't include the cost to acquire land.
The fence near Rancho Anapra replaces an old fence that Border Patrol agents readily acknowledge did little to deter migrants and dope smugglers. The new one rises 15 feet to 18 feet out of the Chihuahuan desert, reinforced by steel bollards and six feet of reinforced concrete beneath.
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As recently as a year ago, residents here say their dusty Mexican village -- a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez -- was a popular staging ground for migrants and dope smugglers. But the fence project and a corresponding spike in the law enforcement presence across the border have slowed the illegal traffic considerably.
No one wants to talk about the costs to the US taxpayer.
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