Immigration bill could settle fight over Cal-Mexico border fence

WASHINGTON (AP) - A broken down fence and a canyon called Smugglers Gulch mark the westernmost stretch of the California-Mexico border, a favorite crossing point for illegal immigrants and drug runners.

The federal government and a powerful local Republican congressman have been pushing for years to fortify the 3 1/2-mile stretch of border just north of Tijuana. Their plan is opposed by California coastal regulators and environmentalists who say it could harm a fragile Pacific estuary.

Now supporters may be getting closer to victory. A provision in an immigration bill expected to pass the House next week would give the Homeland Security secretary authority to move forward with the project regardless of any laws that stand in the way, and would bar courts from hearing lawsuits against it.

"We need to get this thing done, and we need to do it for security reasons, and at some point we just need to do it," said House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., whose district is north of the border....

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Only this time in america. We will be told it is to keep illegals out but in reality it is to keep Americans in. There will be a day when a lot of folks will want to leave this new form a facism and they will encounter huge walls on the borders and I will bet they will have armament placed around in strategic positions. Machineguns every hundred meters or so. What a great country we will have become.

That is a very scary thought, first is destroying the enviornment, what comes next?