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Don’t Fence Me In
More on the implications of Homeland Security’s border fence in this NYTimes article, Some Texans Say Border Fence Will Sever Routine
McALLEN, Tex., June 15 — Antonio N. Zavaleta, a vice president and professor of anthropology at the University of Texas branch in Brownsville, saw a slight problem in the route of a border fence that federal officials displayed at a community meeting earlier this month.
“Part of our university,” Dr. Zavaleta said, “would be on the Mexican side of the fence.”
What about traffic between classes, he wondered. “Would the students need to show a passport?”
Update: From the Washington Post, On the Rio Grande, Anger Swells Over Plan For Fence:
“Are we going to build another Berlin Wall, against Mexico? This will change the whole scenario of life down here,” said Mike Allen, the recently retired head of the McAllen Economic Development Corp., which focuses on promoting trade and other exchanges with Mexico. “A fence is the most expensive brick in the mortar of border security and it won’t work. If someone can swim this river, they can climb a fence.”
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