The Fence La Barda (2010)

In Oct 2006 the US government decided to build a 700mile fence along its troubled 2000mileplus border with Mexico Three years 19 construction companies 350 engineers thousands of construction workers tens of thousands of tons of metal and 3 billion later was it all worth it When Arizona recently enacted one of the most extreme immigration laws in the country the Obama administration responded by filing a lawsuit against the state This dispute was merely the latest symptom of a greater national problem the lack of a comprehensive workable US immigration policy In its place lawmakers have resorted to a series of halfmeasures the most expensive of which the USMexico border fence extends through the desert 150 miles south of the Arizona state capital