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U.S. senator wants to fence in Mexico

Last Updated Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:25:40 EST

CBC News

An American senator says he plans to introduce legislation on

Thursday to build a reinforced fence with lights and sensors along

the Mexican-United States border.

 

Republican Duncan Hunter, chairman of the House Armed Services

Committee, wants to see a fence stretch from the Gulf of Mexico to

the Pacific Ocean, with a border zone to the north of about 100

metres.

 

Right now there is a 22-kilometre stretch of border in the extreme

west that is reinforced with parallel fences, and there are fences

at various other points. Still, patches of barbed wire only

intermittently protect most of the border.

 

" Illegal aliens continue to funnel directly into many of our local

communities and adversely impact our way of life by overwhelming our

schools, inundating our health care system and, most concerning,

threatening our safety, " said Hunter, who plans to introduce the

bill with Republican Virgil Goode.

 

Hunter's bill also contains other immigration issues including

hiring 10,000 new border patrol officers, empowering local police to

enforce immigration laws and increasing penalties for Americans who

hire illegal immigrants.

 

Hunter has already had some success in his opposition to illegal

immigration. Earlier this year he pushed the Bush administration to

commit to fortifying the westernmost 5.5 kilometres of the border.

This came despite objections from environmentalists, the California

Coastal Commission and the local Democratic congressman.

 

 

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