UPI
February 17, 2010
[efoods]Critics say a $58 million fence on the U.S.-Mexico border meant to stop illegal immigration is too costly, is ineffective and damaging to the environment.
The 3.6-mile steel wall at the southern end of California’s San Diego County was intended to block the flow of those trying to enter the United States illegally by hiking over an area containing a 3,500-foot scrub- and tarantula-covered mountain peak called Otay Mountain, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
Critics have questioned why those not deterred by such conditions would be turned away by an 18-foot high fence, the Times said.
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