Departing Congress Approves 700-Mile 'Wall to Nowhere'
Published Mon, Oct 30 2006 1:33 PM
Technorati Tags: News and Politics
More "feel-good" legislation. Now our congress (both sides of the aisle) and president can say that they've gotten tough on illegal immigration when they appeal to voters to re-elect them... even though they haven't.
At a White House ceremony on Thursday, President Bush put his signature to a bill authorizing 700 miles of additional fencing along the U.S.-Mexican border. The bill supposedly demonstrates the determination of Congress to stop illegal immigration, but like much of its other efforts, the fence legislation is more symbolism than substance.
Source: Departing Congress Approves 700-Mile 'Wall to Nowhere'
To my mind this legislation is utterly meaningless. I'm not so concerned about the length of the wall, although it still leaves 1,200 miles of our Southern border wide open with no impediments to illegal crossings. No, what concerns me is that this bill is unfunded.
Yes, I know the article I cite claims that now congress has funded a "Wall to Nowhere" just like the Alaskan "Bridge to Nowhere", but this legislation doesn't fund the construction of the wall. Anyone who voted for this bill can use their vote to say "I was tough on illegal immigration", even though the bill doesn't do a thing to actually get the wall built. Without the funding this wall will never be built, and this piece of legislation might as well have not been written and signed.
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