Border Fence Plan Fight Continues in Texas

Posted by: Nate Berg

4 March 2008 - 7:00am

This report from NPR examines the controversy and battle brewing between the federal government and small towns in Texas over a Department of Homeland Security plan to build more than 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.

"The U.S. government is constructing a 700-mile fence along its border with Mexico, leaving many inhabitants within the construction area fighting to keep their land. Eloisa Tamez talks about being sued by the federal government to gain access to her land near Brownsville, Texas. Tamez is joined by Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada."

Full Story: Expansive Border Fence Stirs Fights Over Land

Source: NPR, March 3, 2008