News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Border fence may cost $60B

Land acquisition, upkeep increasing proposal's price

By Lisa Friedman, Staff Writer
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Article Launched:01/01/2007 12:00:00 AM PST

WASHINGTON - A hotly disputed fence on the U.S.-Mexico border will cost more than $60 billion - nearly 10 times more than original estimates - with billions more needed for land acquisition and maintenance, according to a new government study.

While officials have estimated the 850-mile fence will cost $7 billion to erect, the report notes that maintenance could cost as much as $70 million per mile during its 25-year lifespan and that miles of private property in Texas still need to be purchased.

The new cost estimates come as a Democratic-controlled Congress prepares to revisit the contentious issue of reducing illegal immigration. A number of lawmakers have called for a re-evaluation of the fence now being built along the Southwest border.

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