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The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Thursday to consider erecting "physical barriers" along the American border with Canada.
It's the firmest step yet toward building the kinds of fences now in place on the Mexican frontier to stop the northward flow of illegal aliens and smuggled goods.
The directive to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was passed by a strong majority of the House and contained in an amendment to a controversial immigration bill working its way through Congress. The motion cleared the way for about 1,100 kilometres of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California, but also urged the agency to "conduct a study on the use of physical barriers along the northern border."
Mexican President Vicente Fox has described a US proposal to build a fence along their 3,200km (2,000 miles) border as "shameful".
In 2004, the U.S. Border Patrol made more than one million apprehensions on the southwestern border, compared with 10,000 at the Canadian line.
Originally posted by whaaa
To even consider a fence between Mexico and the US is ludicrous. The fence would look like a piece of swiss cheese in a matter of days.
Originally posted by Pyros
Originally posted by whaaa
To even consider a fence between Mexico and the US is ludicrous. The fence would look like a piece of swiss cheese in a matter of days.
Well, if thats the case, lets contract out to the company that is building the big fence (wall) in Israel. That one seems to be doing a fine job......
Originally posted by DezertSkies
Will they call it "The Wall if Freedom"?
Originally posted by whaaa
To even consider a fence between Mexico and the US is ludicrous. The fence would look like a piece of swiss cheese in a matter of days.
Canada has no interest in a new U.S. initiative to study building a security wall along the border, officials said Saturday.
And a cross-border business group said it makes no sense when what's urgently required are measures to speed the flow of trade.
A spokesman for Canada's Public Safety Minister says the US has never discussed the notion with Canada during regular meetings on border security.
Originally posted by JBurns
I think that we should (snip) encourage civilian groups such as the minutemen.
Originally posted by intrepid
You don't need a fence between the States and Canada. What you DO need is better cooperation between the intelligence networks of the two countries. The Canadians see the US Intel. as arrogant and unlistening. The US Intel. sees the Can. Intel. as inept. Now I'm not pointing fingers but if everyone gets on the same page things would be a lot easier for everyone.