12.30.07
Fence may be bad for business
Construction on the 700-mile U.S.-Mexican border fence could begin as early as January. Activists are still trying to stop it and some of the most vocal opponents are local business people in U.S. border towns. Members of the chamber of commerce in McAllen, Texas believe a fence could send a message to Mexican customers, up to 70 percent of their business, that they are not wanted, according to the McAllen Monitor. Other than making anti-illegal immigration demagogues happy it’s doubtful that this fence will accomplish much of anything, other than waste money and create unintended consequences.
Russ Dondero said,
January 1, 2008 at 9:11 pm
You are right on plus it creates our equivalent of the Berlin Wall. How ironic!