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U.S. to miss deadline on Mexico border fence
Reuters AlerNet ^ | 23 Oct 2008 21:03:37 GMT | By Andrew Quinn

Posted on 10/23/2008 7:07:22 PM PDT by homeguard

Edited on 10/23/2008 7:15:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - The United States will miss its deadline to complete a security fence along the Mexican border this year, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Thursday.

"I don't think we're going to hit the nail on the head and be done by the end of the year," Chertoff told Reuters, adding that about 370 miles (595 km) of the planned 670-mile (1,070-km) fence had been completed.

Chertoff said he hoped when the Bush administration leaves office in January about 90 to 95 percent of the fence -- a controversial measure that has raised hackles both with Mexico and with U.S. landowners along the proposed route -- would be completed or under construction.

"We've gotten most of the way there. We will be very substantially close," he told Reuters in an interview.

Congress has mandated that the fence, which will eventually stretch from California to Texas to help stem the tide of illegal immigration, be finished this year but law suits have slowed its progress.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderfence; illegals; immigrantlist
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1 posted on 10/23/2008 7:07:22 PM PDT by homeguard
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To: homeguard
I'm stunned, (no bebers) how can this be?
2 posted on 10/23/2008 7:09:15 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (The beauty of conservatism, Sarah Palin.)
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3 posted on 10/23/2008 7:12:10 PM PDT by homeguard (In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor)
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4 posted on 10/23/2008 7:14:10 PM PDT by homeguard (In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor)
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To: homeguard

Big shock. Doesn’t matter, anyway. The next prez is guaranteed to approve amnesty and let the flood continue.


5 posted on 10/23/2008 7:14:32 PM PDT by America_Right (Palin 2012!)
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To: homeguard

“a controversial measure”

Nothing controversial about it Al Reuters.


6 posted on 10/23/2008 7:14:54 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Navy Patriot
I'm stunned, (no bebers) how can this be?

Me too.

hmmmmm. I wonder if they were lying when they told us they'd build it in the first place.

Naaaaahhhhh!

7 posted on 10/23/2008 7:15:13 PM PDT by null and void (Socialism doesn't work because of people./People don't work because of socialism...)
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To: homeguard

That is old fence, not new fence. What happened to this guey once he got over?


8 posted on 10/23/2008 7:28:28 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: homeguard

It’s probably a waste of time. The Obamacorns are going to tear it down anyway.


9 posted on 10/23/2008 7:29:08 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("I'm just going to spread YOUR wealth around." - Barack HUSSEIN Obama a.k.a. Barry Soetoro)
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10 posted on 10/23/2008 7:31:23 PM PDT by homeguard (In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor)
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To: homeguard

Another broken Bush promise . . .


11 posted on 10/23/2008 7:38:29 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: homeguard

I’m shocked!


12 posted on 10/23/2008 7:39:41 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: homeguard

“The United States will miss its deadline”,
That’s right MR. Chertoff.
It will not scan ALL imports by 2010.
It will not have a border fence by 2010 either. WHY?
Dammit it is your job to get these few things accomplished and you can’t do even that?
FOOL.


13 posted on 10/23/2008 7:43:38 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: America_Right

If that be true then the next president should be imprisoned, hung, impeached, or neutered.


14 posted on 10/23/2008 7:45:17 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Joe Boucher

What’s with the “or”?


15 posted on 10/23/2008 7:47:26 PM PDT by uptoolate (Shhh. If you listen real hard, God is speaking to America.)
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To: homeguard

Apparently not enough Obama voters and U.S. bank mortgage holders have crossed yet.

or

Maybe we are just giving them an opening to get back to Mexico when they default on their mortgages and our economy is all dried up.


16 posted on 10/23/2008 7:50:03 PM PDT by uptoolate (Shhh. If you listen real hard, God is speaking to America.)
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To: uptoolate

They moderators and feds get excited if ya say the bastard should be killed.


17 posted on 10/23/2008 8:30:29 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Joe Boucher

“If that be true then the next president should be imprisoned, hung, impeached, or neutered.”

Building a nuclear reactor or drilling in ANWR should also be straightforward. Unfortunately, the enemy has a habit of getting in the way, gumming up the works and generally delaying the whole operation. Can you say snail darter?


18 posted on 10/23/2008 8:58:43 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: homeguard

On the plus side, a lot of illegal entry is based in Mexican media encouragement, or the lack thereof. Right now, there is a lot of negative press, so fewer people try in the first place.

On top of that, the bloody drug war going on in North Mexico, is scaring away a lot of potential crossers. With 3500 or so dead this year, and the use of automatic weapons, hand grenades, and al-Qaeda levels of violence, it’s no surprise.


19 posted on 10/23/2008 9:08:09 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: homeguard

Quick, grab yer paintball gun!


20 posted on 10/23/2008 9:42:07 PM PDT by Fichori (I believe in a Woman's right to choose, even if she hasn't been born yet.)
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