U.S. security fence takes a beating by crossers
COLUMBUS, New Mexico - Illegal immigrants armed with torches, hacksaws, ladders and even bungee cords are making it around a section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence hailed as the most efficient way to stop them.
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Border Patrol spokesman Joe Romero said the Columbus fencing, built in June, was ordered before the congressional mandate to build 670 miles of pedestrian and vehicle fencing across the border with Mexico by the end of the year. But its goal is the same: add a layer of security in an otherwise open patch of desert.
[This is not THE fence—this is A fence, which replaced a string of barbed wire, or in some cases, replaced NOTHING. This just shows we need THE fence.]