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I’ll believe this when it happens:

"Local officials said recently they had been told the Homeland Security department plans to have 153 miles of wall in place in Texas by the end of 2008. While locals may be consulted on the type of fence constructed, they will not have veto power over whether the wall will be built, [director Michael] Chertoff said. ‘Because the fence is not only to protect the border communities, it’s to protect the country,’ he said."

More here. At this rate, it’ll be mid-century before they close the 2,000 mile southern border, two-thirds of it in Texas. Meanwhile, the tunneling has already begun.