<![CDATA[U.S. Border Policy: How To Fix What's Broken]]>

1.0 link 203237 <![CDATA[U.S. Border Policy: How To Fix What's Broken]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-luce/us-border-policy-how-to-f_b_203237.html How are we doing on sealing our long, long border with Mexico, all 1,952 miles of it?

The Secure Fence Act of 2006 calls for 670 miles of new fencing, running along one-third of the border. As of last fall, 370 miles had been installed -- at a cost of some $5 million per mile.

How much success has our country enjoyed as a result?

We do know that there have been more than 5,000 documented deaths at the border since 1995 --...

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