Judge Okays Completion of Border Fence

After many years of ridiculous lawsuits and environmental challenges, a judge has finally cleared the way for the completion of the San Diego border fence:

A federal judge on Monday lifted the final legal barrier to completing a border fence meant to thwart illegal immigrants in the southwestern corner of the U.S.

The project comprises 14 miles of additional fencing in San Diego. In September, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff waived all laws and legal challenges to building the final 3 1/2-mile leg through coastal wetlands to the Pacific Ocean.

The Sierra Club and other environmental groups had argued that Chertoff lacked the authority to do what he did.

But U.S. District Judge Larry Burns said Congress delegated such authority to Chertoff in June. He noted that the executive branch already had significant jurisdiction over national security and immigration.

Of course, the envirowackos never worried about the damage caused by illegals tromping through their precious wetlands, or the trash they left behind.