Don’t you think it’s one thing to vote for a fence and another to fund it? What was the context, what *else* did the Senator say? I can’t find the article, do you have a link? I believe that you don’t understand what you quoted.
However, this Dallas Morning News article
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/national/stories/050809dnnatborderfence.4053ed2.html
refutes the idea that Senator Cornyn is against funding the fence (or that the fence isn’t being built, since 301 miles of 370 planned miles are completed).
In addition, here http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/2296782, he says that the fence is vital to national security, even though some towns might have to give up property:
Look up the votes on the funding - it’s not as simple as picking one news source on a portion of a single statement about one aspect of border security. Even Numbersusa, a single issue website that does focus solely on immigration issues, gives him a B+
Here’s some info on the bills
http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=14540&can_id=9490
http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=15967&can_id=15375
So...where's the fence? 301 miles in Texas? Yougottabekidding? The Texas Mexico border is 1,254 miles....plus daily monitoring and maintenance....
The truth about the fence as it is today, is a sad joke.... The Mexicans laugh at it and use (steal) the materials to build fences and dwellings on the Mexican side....
....and all i hear from Cornyn is crickets.....