Posted on 12/15/2008 4:19:50 AM PST by mdittmar
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Fences make good neighbors.
Who knew?
Border fence helps boost security
By Diana M. Alba Sun-News reporter Posted: 12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM MST
SUNLAND PARK Just west of here, panels of thick-gauged wire mesh, secured to heavy posts, shoot 18 feet into the air, paralleling the international border and forming a barrier that has prompted plenty of controversy.
It's fencing designed to keep out undocumented immigrants and drug traffickers. The mesh overlaps just enough to create spaces too small to give human fingers a climbing hold. Concrete-filled pipes are meant to provide reinforcement, should the fence be rammed by a vehicle. Steel plates extend into the ground below to deter tunneling.
This particular segment of fence has been in place just nine months, but ...
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