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Saturday, November 11, 2006

What Illegal Immigration Problem?

You thought those fresh faces you sent to Washington were going to solve the problem of illegal Mexicans pouring across the border? Sure they will:
Democrats to 'revisit' law creating border fence
By Shaun Waterman, United Press International


Democrats will look again at the legislation mandating 698 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border and might seek to scrap the plan altogether when they take control of Congress next year.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat, told reporters this week that he expected to "revisit" the issue when he becomes chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee in the 110th Congress.

"We might do away with it, or look at [integrating it into] SBI Net," he said. "A virtual fence rather than a real one." (
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A virtual solution to an actual problem.

Democrats. You wanted them. You got them.

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