The New York Times reports that Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff has bypassed several environmental protection laws in order to continue building a fence along the U.S./Mexico border despite a federal court ruling to suspend construction. Chertoff claims the fence needs to be built due to "unacceptable risks to our nation's security". This despite the fact that foreign terrorists enter the country legally via airports and that illegal Mexican immigrants, who pose no security risk, can just go around the fence. Good to see our tax money hard at work.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
On the Fence
