Border Cities Block Access To Fence Land

Lone_Star_Dem

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Tue Oct-02-07 04:49 PM
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Border Cities Block Access To Fence Land

Source: AP

Brownsville -- Mayors along the Texas-Mexico border have begun a quiet protest of the federal government's plans to build a fence along the border.

They have refused access to their land.

Mayors in Brownsville, Eagle Pass, Del Rio and El Paso have denied access to some parts of their city property to Department of Homeland Security workers. The feds have begun surveys and other preliminary work on the fence Congress has authorized to keep out illegal immigrants.

Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada said he refused two weeks ago to sign documents granting federal workers permission to begin work on city property.

Read more: http://www.kxan.com/global/story.asp?s=7159416

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rodeodance

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Tue Oct-02-07 04:53 PM
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1. imagine having your vista view cut off!

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proud2BlibKansan

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Tue Oct-02-07 04:53 PM
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2. Good for them!

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Lone_Star_Dem

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Tue Oct-02-07 04:58 PM
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4. Those were my very words when I read this

I wish them all the luck in the world in their efforts.

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aquart

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Tue Oct-02-07 05:51 PM
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5. Me, too.

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ceile

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Tue Oct-02-07 04:57 PM
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3. Oh, my!

Good for them!!!

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Booster

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Tue Oct-02-07 10:31 PM
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6. I read somewhere that this will cut off the water supply for ranchers

down there, since their cattle/horses won't be able to get to the river. I'd be pissed too.

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pop goes the weasel

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Wed Oct-03-07 02:00 AM
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7. I don't know any Texans who want a fence on the border

But I know a lot who want the government to crack down on employers using illegal labor and to stop allowing the use of contract immigrant labor.

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sutz12

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Wed Oct-03-07 08:50 AM
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9. But if they crack down on immigrant labor....

who will build the fence? :evilgrin:

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UTUSN

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Wed Oct-03-07 08:33 AM
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8. K&R big #5 - Sign the petition!!1

http://notexasborderwall.com/

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