November 23, 2007

Non-Compliance with Secure Fence Act
Survey Shows Little Progress


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Survey monument marks border in California desert. Note vehicle tracks. Photo taken November 20, 2007.Survey monument marks border in California desert. Note vehicle tracks. Photo taken November 20, 2007.
American Border Patrol
With a flight from Naco, Arizona, to San Diego, last Tuesday, November 20, American Border Patrol completed its November Operation B.E.E.F. survey of the border. ABP reports that from Fabens, Texas to San Diego, a distance of more than 700 miles, only six miles of double-layered border fence have been installed since the signing of the Secure Fence Act of 2006. "Most of the new construction we saw was for vehicle barriers," said Glenn Spencer of ABP, and pilot of the surveillance airplane. Spencer said there are huge sections of the border that remain wide open. "We have evidence of large-scale movements of vehicles into the United State from Mexico with no impediments at the border whatsoever," he added. ABP is preparing a report on it most recent survey.

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