So Congress passed legislation to build a huge fence, with an unrealistic budget, and unrealistic time-frame and almost everyone saying it's pointless and won't work and NOW it's meeting skepticism.

Doesn't anyone have faith in the Army Corps of Engineers? After all, they're really good at building levees....oh wait. picked by dollyllama 3 years ago

He says we should be building bridges, not fences. He also said the way to stop illegal immigration is to build economic growth and opportunities in Mexico. picked by coldbladed 2 years ago

The Senate on Friday approved and sent to President Bush a bill calling for construction of a 700-mile wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, voting overwhelmingly for a project that became the centerpiece of efforts to improve border security and stem illegal immigration. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

U.S. Border Patrol agent Reynaldo Zuniga was arrested last month lugging a bag of cocaine up from the Rio Grande, one of a growing number of law enforcement officers accused of taking bribes from drug gangs. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

It seems that the construction workers building the fence on our Southern border may have gone 10 yards into Mexico - sparking outrage by the Mexican government. I wonder if we can get these guys to construct a giant middle finger and point it South? picked by Browntrout 3 years ago

In Central Otago, New Zealand is a fence. On the fence are over 1500 bras. Which is probably all the information you need. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

Attention Mexican smugglers - it's real easy to cross the border in Souther California through the Imperial Dunes. picked by suebe 2 years ago

President Bush this morning signed into law a bill authorizing the federal government to install fencing, cameras, motion sensors and other types of barriers to stem illegal immigration along 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexican border. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

Now this is going to be one big fence. Good job for the illegal immigrants to do. picked by Djanvk 3 years ago

Three Mexican minors detained in California on suspicion of smuggling drugs stole a U.S. Border Patrol car while still wearing handcuffs and drove it back across the border to Mexico. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it. picked by DaftGretel 1 week ago

The checkpoint in this video was nearly 50 miles north of the Mexican border, so it would have been utterly pointless in stopping illegal immigration. The real purpose of these checkpoints is to condition Americans to get used to the police state. picked by jLoSsDh 2 years ago

Attraction in Mexico where people can pay to "cross the border". There are actors and fake immigration people with paintball guns that shoot you if you don't make it. picked by Ankabout 3 years ago

Calderon called the fence plan "deplorable," predicting it would lead to the deaths of more Mexicans at the southern border. More than 400 Mexicans have already died during 2006 in attempts to cross it. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

Mexicans — from leading politicians to migrants preparing to cross illegally — consider the U.S. plan to fence off much of the border shameful, offensive and ill-conceived. picked by Hoosker 3 years ago

Egyptian security forces have begun shutting down the border with the Gaza Strip two days after it was blown open by armed Gaza militants. Hundreds of thousands of people have crossed into Egypt to buy food and other supplies, but border guards are now trying to shut down the flow of people.
Update to this story picked by juaner899 2 years ago

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers said they arrested a man for allegedly trying to smuggle a woman into the country by hiding her inside a car's engine compartment. NOTE: She must've been pretty small because the engine was in there with her. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Check out the clever footware discovered by the US Border Patrol. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

At least 12 Turkish soldiers have been killed following an ambush by Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border - with 32 rebels also killed, officials say. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Tunnel diggers have been hard at work along the U.S. border in recent days and months, the agency knows. Of every tunnel ever found by a patrol agent, 60 percent were discovered in the last three years, and patrollers spot a new one every month. picked by kakana 5 months ago