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Why are border fences being built differently?

Published/Last Modified on Sunday, Sep 02, 2007 - 05:14:25 am MST

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To the Editor:

My husband and I have lived on the U.S.-Mexican border for seven years in Cochise County. We have enjoyed the quiet, beauty and wildlife with very little impact from the border crossers. Our property is in a conservation easement.

Work has started on a 12-foot-high fence with that to end at our property where it joins the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. This fence will stop vehicle drive-throughs, Mexican cattle and wildlife (deer, mountain lion, bear, javelina, bobcat, jaguar, etc.), but it will not stop people, as shown in other areas where it has been put up.

On a personal level, we are unhappy that we will have to look at this ugly fence, but appalled that our government is spending $15 million for five miles for something that will not provide the security we need on the border. A welder has already been hired to repair it even before it has been built.

This morning on the radio there was a report that another part of this fence is being built around Sasabe that will allow animal migration. Why are these sections different?

Ellen S. Logue

Palominas

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Huh? wrote on Sep 3, 2007 1:06 PM:

" Um, I don't know what you're smoking, but there's no fence that can keep out deer, mountain lion and javelina, etc, yet allow people through. How about if, on a personal level, you become involved in politics and start fighting to keep illegals from getting jobs and getting any bennies. Then they won't want to come here, we won't need a fence and your problems will be solved. "

Lane wrote on Sep 2, 2007 6:46 PM:

" I find it disgraceful that you care more for the wildlife crossing than your own country. We are building a fence because people like you restrict us from building a wall. "