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Goode: 'Fence 'em out!'
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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Nov 16, 2005 10:48am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, November 16, 2005 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Virginia Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. and an influential Californian are asking Congress to build a sophisticated security fence along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico.
Goode, R-5th, recently joined Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, to outline their proposal for a two-layer fence from the Pacific Coast to the Gulf of Mexico. The cost is estimated at $5 billion or $7 billion by different sources.
As Congress gets ready to tackle immigration legislation, the Hunter-Goode bill - even before it is introduced - has drawn praise in some quarters as a means to secure a porous border, and derision in others as being unworkable.
“We need (the fence) to stop the flow of persons just coming into the country illegally, and also to reduce the threat of terrorism,” Goode said. |
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