Amen! If you ever walk over the bridge from Del Rio to Ciudad Acuna, you get a good look at the very wide Rio Grande on the upstream side. In normal times, while green, the water is very clear and you see tires, appliances and all manner of junk on the bottom. One guess where most of it comes from. It is a disgrace for such a beautiful body of water, not to mention the invisible pollutants. I am very much for effective means of protecting our border and stopping the illegal entry of aliens but I don't think that a fence and the proposed installation of hi-tech security devices is the best solution. Not only is it unsightly but also takes additional manpower to support it. It would seem to me that a better solution would be to employ double or triple the number of border patrol agents and properly equip them. This would create many new jobs although at taxpayer expense. This also might appease the Mexican government. Does this make sense or is it over simplification.
-----Original Message----- From: Tim Kohtz [mailto:tko...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 9:33 AM To: cavera...@aol.com; Texascavers@texascavers.com; cano...@world.std.com; greater_houston_gro...@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Texascavers] US Border Fences 'an Eco-Danger' (Sigma Xi Science News Daily) Oh good gravy! If anyone has seen the river that flows out of Acunia (other side of the dam from lake Amistad) it would be obvious that the environment is of no concern to Mexico >From: cavera...@aol.com >To: Texascavers@texascavers.com, cano...@world.std.com, >greater_houston_gro...@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [Texascavers] US Border Fences 'an Eco-Danger' (Sigma Xi Science >News Daily) >Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:26:27 EDT > >US Border Fences 'an Eco-Danger' > >from BBC News Online > >Mexico has urged the US to alter its plans for expanded fences along their >shared border, saying they would damage the environment and harm wildlife. >The fences threaten unique ecosystems, Mexican environment officials >warned. > >Mexico was ready to file a complaint with the International Court of >Justice over the matter if the US did not respond, the environment >minister >said. The planned barriers aim to curb illegal immigration, a highly >divisive and controversial issue in the US. > >The fences, planned along a possible 700 miles (1,125km) of the border, >are >to be equipped with hi-tech surveillance equipment, including sensors and >strong lights. "The eventual construction of this barrier would place at >risk the various ecosystems that we share," Mexico's Environment Minister >Juan Rafael Elvira told a news conference. > >To read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6924475.stm > >Or: http://tinyurl.com/ytdpdl > > >Roger Moore >Houston > > > >************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL >at >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _________________________________________________________________ Now you can see trouble...before he arrives http://newlivehotmail.com/?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_viral_protection_ 0507 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
