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That Dammed Border Fence

From the moment Congress first proposed putting a wall along the Rio Grande on Texas' southern border to reduce illegal immigration, I thought it was not just a bad idea but an insane one. As far as I can tell, when it's finished the United States will be the first nation state in the history of the planet to wall off a major river and leave the river on the other side!Anyone who's spent time along the border knows that limiting river access - whether for crops, livestock or recreation - will cause the locals big problems. Plus, by building the fence in a river basin, the project almost ensures problems with erosion, runoff and flooding, not to mention disrupting the environment.Local officials and landowners in the Rio Grande Valley fought construction of the wall, but have not succeeded in stopping it...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 26, 2008 (boomark / email).