San Diego Border Fence to be Completed

From the "It's About Time" file:

In a rebuff to California officials and environmentalists, the Bush administration cleared the way Wednesday for completion of a 14-mile-long border fence that will run through coastal wetlands to the Pacific Ocean near San Diego.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff waived environmental laws for the first time since Congress gave him that authority in May. Finishing the last 3.5 miles of fence is expected to cost about $32 million.

Combined with older existing fencing along the Mexican border, Chertoff said, the newly completed fence will form a security corridor — including two new roads, additional fencing, stadium-style lighting and surveillance cameras — for U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Border Patrol Chief David V. Aguilar said agents would then have 200 acres to patrol, not 2,000.

"Bottom line, this is about border security," Aguilar told reporters. "We're addressing the vulnerabilities here" in closing a border to potential terrorists.

The environwackos who have been fighting this all these years really should be happy with this decision. Most people familiar with this disputed patch of ground have stated that this fence will actually stop environmental damage which was being done by illegal aliens crossing through there and leaving their trash behind. Of course, they won't see it that way, but they can't do anything to stop it now.