U.S. Pulling Funding from Virtual Border Fence

The boondoggle that is being developed in Texas and across the southwest US as a "virtual border fence" is at last being reconsidered.

The U.S. government is pulling $50 million in funding from a problematic "virtual fence" meant to secure stretches of the Mexico border and is freezing additional funding for the project pending review, authorities said on Tuesday.

The building has been one cost overrun after another with multiple failures along the way. The time has come to pull the plug once and for all on this mess.

The solution to our immigration problems is not going to be found in efforts to seal our borders. That is an effort which may well be impossible at any cost. Real solutions are best found in open borders with more freedom to travel. If people are allowed to enter the nation, work a time, and return to their homes we are much less likely to see long term residents without appropriate documentation. Today if people get in the country they are reluctant to leave as return may be impossible.

And the drug wars are another entire problem without any regard to immigration issues. The list goes on and on but in no case is an electronic border a reasonable course to take.

Peace.