Posted on 03/27/2008 4:19:31 PM PDT by Man50D
Secretary Chertoff is riding into the sunset—dragging the fence behind him. As mentioned in yesterday’s immigration blog by Steve Elliott the Sun Sets on the Border Fence On 12/31/08. This sunset provision of the Omnibus bill H.R. 2764 declares that the Secretary of Homeland Security loses all authority to build the fence—even if he wants to.
However, even with the authority to build the fence, the Secretary has been lazy in using it. In a February 22, press release he claims that the Department of Homeland Security has built 302.4 miles of combination pedestrian and vehicle fencing and well on the way of completing its goal of 670 miles of combined fencing by the end of 2008.
Just as Grassfire discovered the Border Fence Hoax, Grassfire reveals that the 302.4 miles are also a hoax. According to our sources in Duncan Hunter’s office, the actual miles of fence built since the Secure Fence Act are 79 miles of pedestrian fence and 88 miles of vehicle barriers. Less than ten miles of the fence are double layered.
(Excerpt) Read more at firesociety.com ...
Perhaps a future conservative author could dedicate a chapter in his book to this classic of bureaucratic footdragging.
Don’t dump on Chertoff, he’s doing as he’s told from on high. If Dubya wanted the fence like he wanted Harriet Miers (on the High Court) can anyone doubt it would be up and running by now?
That cartoon used to be funny. Not funny any more. None of it. All the legislation, all the battles, all the blood and sweat to get them to listen, and the only thing that changed was the content of their lies.
They ALL need dumped on. No breaks for liar Chertoff.
After the next muzzie terrorist attack in America;
we can all thank the Bush administration for being so vigliant in securing our borders...
and it isn’t “if” but “when” we get hit again...
Ping!
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