The Department of Homeland Security will run out of money this year for a border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, the House Homeland Security Committee was told on Wednesday.
The Secure Border Initiative is a combination of physical barriers and a "virtual" fence of cameras and sensors. The cost of the project has been alternatively reported as $2.7 billion to $3.5 billion.
The fence will block the Tigua Tribe of
Texas from a sacred site on the Rio Grande. Tribal members must go to the site every year to renew their government.
The Tohono O'odham Nation of
Arizona, whose reservation lies on the border, also objects to the fence. The tribe says it hasn't been consulted, something which Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has disputed.
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Delay Seen for Fence At U.S.-Mexico Line (The Washington Post 9/11)
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Border Fence Is Not Likely to Be Done by Year’s End
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House Hearing:
Mismanagement, Missteps, and Missed Benchmarks: Why the Virtual Fence Has Not Become a Reality (September 10, 2008)
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