Brick in the Wall

El Paso public officials have signed a letter addressed to President-elect Barack Obama asking to stop the construction of a $2.6 billion fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. The letter states that it would be irresponsible to continue spending billions on the fence during a financial crisis. Representatives called building of the fence damaging to U.S.-Mexico trade and hurtful for relationships with Mexico and Latin America. Representatives there state that they do want a more secure border but they want it done in the manner of American tradition. The city and county of El Paso along with the Texas Border Coalition’s joined in a lawsuit against the fence last summer. In addition to this, various environmental groups have also filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and argued that the department inappropriately ignored more than 30 laws that would have prevented the fence's construction.
I think the creation of jobs was a great idea but that’s about it. The building of this wall can hurt the U.S-Mexico and Latin America relations. The government has found itself between a rock and a hard place because if they did decide to stop the building of the wall then that could lead to more job loss. It is something that should have been better thought out. 30 environmental laws have been ignored during the building of this wall. Who’s idea was this anyways, Oh Yeah,….Bush. It was a horrible idea to begin with.

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