It would seem that DHS has its own wall to overcome before it can start building one in Brownsville. Of course, these days anything can happen. But given these new hurdles, it seems the border wall issue will be left for the next president to resolve.
by Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer
September 26th, 2008
Even with Congress embroiled in the country's financial meltdown this week, the Department of Homeland Security managed to get its $400 million to keep building the border wall.
This week, the department also awarded three contractors $37 million in contracts to build border fence in Cameron County. The three companies chosen were the Texas-based Jaco Construction, Colorado-based MCC Construction and the Omaha-based Kiewit Corp. [...]
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http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/index.php/2008/09/26/a-foundation-of-lawlessness/
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