Mayors from Texas border cities carried a united message to federal officials...

     This article was in one of the local newspapers from January 18. 2007.

     "After being largely ignored in last year's pre-election frenzy, they found a receptive audience and signs that a full seven hundred mile barrier may never come to pass.
      What we want to do is come up with a practical solution that works with the particular geography and conditions on the ground."
       As usual, it always comes down to the money doesn't it. I am not so sure a fence would really work anyway. I think it would have been more of a symbolic gesture anyway. Besides there are any number of ways to cross the border if someone wanted to bad enough.
     "Congress passed legislation overwhelmingly last fall to authorize a fence to divide the U.S. and Mexico at an estimated cost of $2.1 billion. GOP lawmakers celebrated the measure, aiming to show voters they were tough on illegal immigration and border security."
      Of course, it was really a futile exercise to calm us citizens. They are really nervous of a massive  onslaught of angry people. They never really intended to go through with it in the first place. Too much money being waved not to build it.
     "The tab was later estimated at as much as $60 billion over twenty five years for eight hundred fifty miles of fencing needed for a full barrier. The money has not been appropriated. The mayors were united, predicting the fence wouldn't get built."
     Though I am not surprised at the end result, it still leaves me scratching my head. Why even bother to go through the exercise when everyone already knew it would never be built?
     "Some areas do need fencing, Ms. Hutchison said, but in others it would be impractical to bulldoze hotels and infrastructure when alternate approaches would make more sense."
      So now that all of the elections and broken promises have been played out, I guess it will be business as usual. Unfortunately, we are all the pawns stuck in the middle of this.
       What do you suppose will be the next blunderous step? Perhaps amnisty? Let me see, twelve or maybe fifteen million now and then what? Twenty five or maybe fifty, perhaps one hundred million over the next decade?
      When all of the life and resources have been sucked out of this country then what?  Will we all be forced to live a nomadic life? Just a thought.

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