Democrats to Challenge Plans to Finish Border Fence

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Imagine! Having a new slave class and millions in that new victim constituency group, and an end to this nation's sovereignty all in one swoop. Can't beat that. How well will the Bush DOJ defend against this challenge I wonder.

Democrats to Challenge Plans to Finish Border Fence

Tuesday, April 8, 2008; Page A02

Fourteen House Democrats, including eight committee chairmen, said yesterday that they will file a brief supporting a legal challenge to the Bush administration's plans to finish building 470 miles of fencing and other barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border by the end of the year.

Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) led the group, which includes the heads of the energy and commerce, transportation, intelligence, education, rules, and veteran affairs panels.

Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club asked the Supreme Court last month to review whether the administration's decision to waive environmental laws to finish the fence is constitutional. That waiver was approved by the Republican-led Congress in 2005.

"Our responsibility to be stewards of the earth cannot be thrown aside for the sake of an ill-conceived border fence," said Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.).

-- Spencer S. Hsu

Washington Post

What he really said.

"The safety of the citizens and sovereignty of the United States takes a back seat to our responsibility to be stewards of the earth. Especially since environmental whacko's are more likely to vote dimocrat and what the hell, after we get benefits for all these illegals we hope they vote for us." said Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.).

Stewards of the earth, huh? Then maybe Bennie and Johnny can get all the dims together and go pick up all the human waste, the food wrappers, and other disgusting trash left behind by illegal aliens as they trudge through polluting and destroying the previously pristine desert.

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Where does the concept of "stewards of the earth" come into play?

Can we throw the enviro card up for ANY legislation we don't like now?

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Wow. First of all, BG, Tigermike really overplayed his hand. Here's the article:

Fourteen House Democrats, including eight committee chairmen, said yesterday that they will file a brief supporting a legal challenge to the Bush administration's plans to finish building 470 miles of fencing and other barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border by the end of the year.

Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) led the group, which includes the heads of the energy and commerce, transportation, intelligence, education, rules, and veteran affairs panels.

Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club asked the Supreme Court last month to review whether the administration's decision to waive environmental laws to finish the fence is constitutional. That waiver was approved by the Republican-led Congress in 2005.

"Our responsibility to be stewards of the earth cannot be thrown aside for the sake of an ill-conceived border fence," said Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.).

BG, you totally flipped reality on it's head. Republicans attempted to waive legislation they don't like.

Here are the facts:

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration will use its authority to bypass more than 30 laws and regulations in an effort to finish building 670 miles of fence along the southwest U.S. border by the end of this year, federal officials said Tuesday.

Invoking the two legal waivers — which Congress authorized — will cut through bureaucratic red tape and sidestep environmental laws that currently stand in the way of the Homeland Security Department building 267 miles of fencing in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, according to officials familiar with the plan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly about it.

The move is the biggest use of legal waivers since the administration started building the fence, and it will cover a total of 470 miles along the Southwest border, the department said. Previously, the department has used its waiver authority for two portions of fence in Arizona and one portion in San Diego.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/20...der-fence_N.htm

This fence is asinine. If I'm a rancher on the border and I rely on the Rio Grande for water, I'm out of luck. We're ceding the river to Mexico. My property line extends half-way across that river, if my land is on that border.