Saturday, October 13, 2007
Immigration - Security vs. the Environment
Sometimes, it's really difficult to get things done in this country...
Jerry Seper writes in the Washington Times:
"'Environmental groups filing lawsuits to prevent the construction of critical border infrastructure comes as no surprise,' Mr. Hunter said. 'For years, a stretch of border in San Diego identified by the Border Patrol as 'Smugglers Gulch,' which federal law requires be fenced, has been left open and unprotected due to unrelenting legal action initiated by environmental groups.'
'This has created unnecessary complications in local efforts to secure the border and prevent illegal immigrants and drug smugglers from making their way into the San Diego community,' he said.
On Thursday, Judge Huvelle ordered a temporary halt on construction of a border fence along a 1.5 mile stretch between Mexico and Arizona, on grounds the federal government had not thoroughly performed an environmental impact study."
