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NEWS ABOUT: border fence

border fence stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to the completion of the border fence between the US and Mexico, Fox News reports. Environmental groups, an Indian tribe, and the city of El Paso brought the challenge, contending that a fence will cut off access to the Rio Grande... More »

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Texas • Mexico • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • El Paso • border fence • US Supreme Court • American Indian • Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe

 Border Fence Blamed 
 for Ariz. Flooding 

Critics say fence design ignores environment

Aug 25, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Environmentalists say the US border-security fence is to blame for water backups in southwestern Arizona and Mexico, where steel-mesh panels meant to keep illegal immigrants out are getting clogged with flood debris, the AP reports. Critics are focusing their attacks on Homeland Defense Secretary Michael Chertoff, who waived environmental laws... More »

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Mexico • Arizona • flood • Michael Chertoff • border fence • flash floods • environmentalists

Work Begins on Controversial San Diego Border Fence

Critics charge $57M fence isn't worth cost or  environmental damage

Aug 16, 08 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Construction crews have launched work on a controversial section of the US-Mexico border fence near San Diego, AP reports. The Smuggler's Gulch canyon will be filled with dirt and a fence built at a cost of $16 million a mile. Critics charge the fence is no longer vital and the... More »

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Mexican border • San Diego • Border Patrol • illegal immigration • Tijuana • border security • border fence

Supreme Court Will Hear
Navy Sonar Appeal

Justices also reject environmentalists' challenge to US-Mexico border fence

Jun 23, 08 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the US Navy's objection to a court order that ships may not use sonar within 12 miles of the California coast because high-frequency signals are harming whales and other marine life, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Bush administration argues that the judge... More »

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Mexico • Department of Homeland Security • US Navy • border fence • US Supreme Court • sonar • whales

Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws

Dozens dumped to speed building

Apr 2, 08 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Homeland Security is ditching environmental laws in a push to finish 670 miles of border fence along Mexico by the end of this year, reports the Los Angeles Times. Congress has approved a waiver for more than 30 environmental and cultural laws to accelerate building. Critics say the plans are... More »

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Texas • Mexico • Arizona • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • illegal immigration • border security • U.S. environmental laws • border fence

Glitches Delay 'Virtual' Border Fence 3 Years

Unmanned "fence' failed to perform in 28-mile pilot program

Feb 28, 08 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Plans to build a high-tech "virtual fence" along the US-Mexico border have been set back at least 3 years after serious problems emerged in the pilot project, the Washington Post reports. The 28-mile fence south of Tuscon, which included unmanned surveillance towers equipped with radar linked to computers, didn't... More »

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Mexican border • Border Patrol • radar • border security • border fence • virtual fence

'Virtual Fence' Cleared For Arizona Border

Troubled system already operational

Feb 22, 08 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The government has just given the green light to a 28-mile “virtual fence” along the Arizona/Mexico border, the AP reports. The system, which uses cameras, radar, and other sensor devices to detect border jumpers, is already partially constructed, and working. Last week Border Patrol caught 38 would-be illegal immigrants... More »

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illegal immigrant • border control • Boeing • Mexican border • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • Border Patrol • border fence • virtual fence

Families Battle Feds
Over US Border Fence

Many resist federal efforts, but judges order them to give up

Feb 16, 08 7:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans on the southern US border are fuming over a federal fence that threatens to cut their properties in two, the Washington Post reports. The feds have erected about 165 miles of fence in the West and southwest, but some families, protecting land they have held for generations, are turning... More »

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California • Texas • Mexico • Arizona • Department of Homeland Security • illegal immigration • border fence

Border Strife Escalating
in Tijuana

Neighborhood residents complain about US agents' tactics

Dec 14, 07 4:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Areas of Tijuana that abut the American border have turned into battlegrounds, as Mexican smugglers lob rocks from rooftops at US Border Patrol agents, who have begun retaliating by firing pepper spray and tear gas into densely populated neighborhoods, the Los Angeles Times reports. The tactics have caused evacuations and... More »

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Mexico • Border Patrol • Tijuana • border security • border fence • pepper spray • border dispute

Good Fences Make Good Borders

New designs aim to
exclude, but not offend, Mexican neighbors

Nov 16, 07 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Pity the designers of the new border fence with Mexico: They'd been asked to come up with a design that will keep out the most determined immigrants but doesn't read as unfriendly. The government has mandated the fence be "aesthetically pleasing" to folks in Mexico, who are, after all,... More »

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Mexico • Mexican border • border fence

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