At a cost of $3.2 million per mile, the U.S. Senate agreed to fund the construction of 370 miles of triple- layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday.
The vote to build what supporters called a "real fence" – as distinct from the virtual fence already incorporated in the legislation was 83-16. The fence would be built in areas "most often used by smugglers and illegal aliens," as determined by federal officials.
Only 16 Senate Democrats voted against the fence. They are:
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Chris Dodd (D-CT); Dick Durbin (D-IL); Russ Feingold (D-WI); Jim Jeffords (I-VT); Ted Kennedy (D-MA); Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ); Joe Lieberman (D-CT); Robert Menendez (D-NJ); Barack Obama (D-IL); Jack Reed (D-RI); Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
Please use the provided links to express your thanks and appreciation to each of the 16 Senators who had the courage to reject this foolish scheme.
As expected, the usual DINO Democrat Senators supported building the fence. They are:
Hillary Clinton (D-NY); Chuck Schumer; John Kerry (D-MA); Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Barbara Boxer (D-CA); Harry Reid (D-NV); and Joe Biden (D-DE). No link has been provided to contact them. Why bother? It's an election year.
For a complete list of the Senate vote click HERE.
Thanks go out to The Left Coaster for following and reporting on this story.
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One more reason for me to lean toward Feingold in 2008… unless Gore gets in, of course. Looks like I have a senator to thank and a senator to complain to.
We have to do something to keep these creeping critters
out of the USA or one day they will be the majority and push
all of us out into the oceans. I wish the wall was bigger
and longer, but this is a good beginning.
Am I the only one who is beginning to feel like the government is walling Americans in as well? Not unlike the way Berliners must have felt after the East German government built a wall around Berlin.
Your readers might benefit from an English language version of the Mexican
newspaper coverage of the political chaos unfolding in Mexico, as people there
are faced with an election year, and the knowledge that they have no way to a
better life to the USA.
The similarity to the Berlin Wall is a good one.
Also, a sad one.
How nice. The Dems who voted for the fence are now on the same side of the issue
as nutcases like Pat Buchanan and Pat Robertson. Who knew they were serving up
the Koolaid in the Senate?
Hi Matteo,
That’s a great idea.
Anyone with Spanish skill who could translate a Mexican newspaper article on immigration and post it here — it would be much appreciated.
Is Hallburton going to build it?
Feingold and Dodd are OK. Surprised Lieberman voted against the fence, but then he's up for reelection and not very popular. I'm disappointed in Boxer. Not surprised in the least by Hillary.
We should build a wall arounfn Washington DC and keep all the GOP lawmakers enclosed, where they can’t harm anyone.
I hate the idea of living in a walled off country. It’s too communist for my tastes.
I live less than 10 miles from the border in the southern tip of Texas, and one important aspect of the proposals to build a fence along the border that I have not seen discussed is the impact of 2005’s Real ID Act. To promote the creation of fencing through a nature preserve near San Diego, a provision was included that reads, “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the authority to waive, and shall waive, all laws such Secretary, in such Secretary’s sole discretion, determines necessary to ensure expeditious construction of the barriers and roads.” This means that if the House / Senate conference committee approves construction of a continuous wall from Laredo to Brownsville, Secretary Chertoff is instructed to ignore any law that may stand in the way. If a private landowner does not like the compensation offered for his property, Homeland Security can just take it. If the Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary does not want to sacrifice a big chunk of their preserve, that is too bad. The fact that there are less than 100 ocelots in the Rio Grande Valley and a fence would cut them off from necessary breeding partners, condemning them to extinction, is irrelevant because the Real ID Act trumps the Endangered Species Act. It is difficult to understand the twisted logic that says that we must set aside all laws to defend law and order.
Anyone of you leftwingers who opposes a border fence is an ABSOLUTE MORON. America doesnt want you, and you will deprived of the White House again!