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Cannonpointer » 19 Mar 2017 10:42 am » wrote:A wall built to keep people out can be transformed into a wall built to keep people in for the cost of a swivel-chair.

A fence isn't fine, right? It is just a wall that sends snowflakes into a tizzy, right? Just need to be clear on that.

In 2006, Democrats were saying ‘build that fence

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politi ... story.html

WASHINGTON — As a senator, Barack Obama once offered measured praise for the border control legislation that would become the basis for one of Donald Trump’s first acts as president.

“The bill before us will certainly do some good,” Obama said on the Senate floor in October 2006. He praised the legislation, saying it would provide “better fences and better security along our borders” and would “help stem some of the tide of illegal immigration in this country.”

Obama was talking about the Secure Fence Act of 2006, legislation authorizing a barrier along the southern border passed into law with the support of 26 Democratic senators including party leaders like Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Chuck Schumer.

Now it’s become the legal mechanism for Trump to order construction of a wall between the United States and Mexico, attempting tomake good on a key promise from the campaign trail. Trump specifically cited the law in the first sentence of Wednesday’s executive order authorizing the wall.