Bush's Border Fence Destroys Wilderness
source: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/03/8073/
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"The Bush administration is pushing ahead with what critics say is a final act of environmental vandalism in casting aside more than 30 laws and regulations to complete a 670-mile stretch of fence along the US-Mexico border by the end of this year.0403 06
The remaining 350-mile section of the planned anti-immigrant fence will run from the Colorado river to the remote Peloncillo mountains on the New Mexico border, slicing through the delicate fabric of an extensive network of national parks, monuments, wildlife refuges, forests and wilderness areas.
The controversial fence will divide Native American reserves as well as cutting through lands which have been handed down through families since Spanish colonial times.
Bulldozers and construction teams will soon move on to previously protected federal lands with some of the richest and most diverse natural habitats in the US. The resulting barrier, including banks of floodlights to light up the desert sky, will be impenetrable to many mammals but not necessarily to humans."
The remaining 350-mile section of the planned anti-immigrant fence will run from the Colorado river to the remote Peloncillo mountains on the New Mexico border, slicing through the delicate fabric of an extensive network of national parks, monuments, wildlife refuges, forests and wilderness areas.
The controversial fence will divide Native American reserves as well as cutting through lands which have been handed down through families since Spanish colonial times.
Bulldozers and construction teams will soon move on to previously protected federal lands with some of the richest and most diverse natural habitats in the US. The resulting barrier, including banks of floodlights to light up the desert sky, will be impenetrable to many mammals but not necessarily to humans."
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GeorgiaFence
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What a bad idea! All the american residence along the border do not want the fence to go up. Washington is deaf.
- 3 years ago
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GeorgiaFence
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Varex_Sythe
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The Berlin wall at least kept the city separated with some margin of success. Having a 670 mile wall to keep out hispanic immigrants is like putting up one board of a fence to keep your neighbors dog out of your yard. It just doesn't work.
Then again, I don't think that Bush or his cronies have any intention of it working. I think they just want to create some kind of illusion that they give a rats royal ass about illegal immigration.
- 4 years ago
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Varex_Sythe
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Silkwerm
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wow, this is a horrible idea. Berlin wall anybody?
- 4 years ago
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Silkwerm
