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  • Border Wall Fantasy

    George Wuerthner

    Donald Trump is in California, and reviewing pro-types for his border wall. He still maintains that Mexico will pay for it, but that seems unlikely. One of the only good things about the failure of Congress to agree upon the future of DACA recipients (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is that Trump’s fantasy about a…

  • U.S. – Mexico border fence is great for disrupting wildlife migration – little deterrent for illegals and drug runners

    Ralph Maughan

    The Real ID Act of 2005 set aside all laws that might delay construction of the border wall along Mexico- The hysteria about illegal immigration might have subsided a bit because an effective policy has finally been devised that works better than the great border wall in keeping illegal, undocumented, or whatever you call them out. It…

  • US/Mexico border wall harms wildlife, but modifications could reduce its impact

    Ralph Maughan

    I hope folks won’t get into an unpleasant argument about immigration/illegal aliens, etc. Regardless, the wall harms many species of wildlife. However, “. . . technology and alterations to the design could dramatically improve the potential for animals to move more freely between the two countries” according to scientists. US-Mexico Border Wall Could Threaten Wildlife…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

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