Thursday, July 26, 2007
Immigration - the backyard borders
In Blaine, Washington, it's government vs. government.
Keep in mind that somehow, we are paying for much of this...
Keep in mind that somehow, we are paying for much of this...
The Associated Press's Curt Woodward has the story:
"Herbert and Shirley-Ann Leu were thinking landscaping, not politics, when they built an 85-foot-long concrete wall in their backyard.
But their yard happens to run along the U.S.-Canadian border _ a situation that has put the Leus in the middle of a property rights battle, led the Bush administration to fire its own hand-picked border caretaker, and given rise to a legal dispute over the extent of presidential authority."