25-30km long? (like 12 american miles)
So? That means we are GIVING Egypt approximately $1,000,000 per kilometer to build a fence.
Let them build their OWN damn fence.
We could use the $23,000,000 here to build OUR own fence.
While I certainly agree with the desire to build a proper US fence, the Eqypt-Gaza fence (really more like two fences and a non-go zone for tunneling) is critical because it will help thrwart missle smuggling into Gaza, which are then used to attack civilians in Israel.
As serious as the illegal immigration problem is in the US (and it is serious), Mexico has not been lobbing explosive shells over the border into the US since the days of Pancho Villa.