In a move that may be considered too little too late, there is a fence going up on the USA/Mexico border.

To curb illegal immigration, the U.S. government plans to complete 370 miles of fencing and put 200 miles of vehicle barriers on the southwest border by the end of 2008. But this has brought complaints that the fence and barriers are harmful to the environment.

Chertoff said the department exceeded its goal to complete 150 miles of fencing along the Mexican border by the end of the 2007 fiscal year, which was Sunday.

 So, 570 miles of barriers, maximum, in place by the end of 2008.  That’s great, but I seem to recall that the border is 1500 miles long.  We need more than that.  And we need more deportation of criminal illegal immigrants (that is to say those who commit additional crimes after the initial crime of illegally entering the country.)

But I suppose that makes me a xenophobic phony Catholic who doesn’t care about the poor folks who just can’t seem to obey our laws.

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