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**Eagevawax** · 01-26-2007, 10:06 PM

This article supplies a few more details about where the new barriers are being built. Sounds like it's pretty close to the spot indicated in the above photos.

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Fence work starts on Goldwater Range

BY JEFFREY GAUTREAUX, SUN STAFF WRITER
Jan 25, 2007, 6:07 pm

Construction of fencing as part of the Secure Border Initiative has begun near Yuma on a nine-mile phase in the Barry M. Goldwater Range, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Yuma sector Border Patrol spokesman Chris Van Wagenen said work started Wednesday on new fencing in the Yuma sector about 14 miles east of the U.S. Port of Entry at San Luis, Ariz. "They'll start from about where the vehicle barriers stop and head east," he said.

The vehicle barriers already in place start about seven miles east of the port and extend for roughly six miles to the east, Van Wagenen said.

DHS spokesman Jarrod Agen said the new fencing is part of a larger 37-mile project that will mix vehicle barriers, traditional fencing and "virtual fence" technology to deter entry into the United States from Mexico and to aid in the apprehension of more illegal crossers.

On Jan. 12, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff cleared the way for the fence construction to start by waiving environmental regulations and laws impeding construction along the 2.8 million-acre bombing range.

Environmentalists have criticized the fencing and barrier plans, saying that will not stop people in search of jobs but will be a step toward destroying a fragile portion of southern Arizona's desert.

Rep. Raul Grijalva, who represents Yuma, came out against the decision, saying it was shortsighted to build walls that would harm endangered species and merely force people to cross at different parts of the border.

In building the fence, Agen said, the federal government aims to match the correct infrastructure with the unique characteristics of the border. He said protecting the Goldwater Range is important because as an active bombing range, illegal immigrants are endangered and also hamper military training.

"They have to stop training every time there is an incursion," he said.

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Eagevawax Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 572 Senior Member	This article supplies a few more details about where the new barriers are being built. Sounds like it's pretty close to the spot indicated in the above photos. ----------------------------------- Top News Fence work starts on Goldwater Range BY JEFFREY GAUTREAUX, SUN STAFF WRITER Jan 25, 2007, 6:07 pm Construction of fencing as part of the Secure Border Initiative has begun near Yuma on a nine-mile phase in the Barry M. Goldwater Range, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Yuma sector Border Patrol spokesman Chris Van Wagenen said work started Wednesday on new fencing in the Yuma sector about 14 miles east of the U.S. Port of Entry at San Luis, Ariz. "They'll start from about where the vehicle barriers stop and head east," he said. The vehicle barriers already in place start about seven miles east of the port and extend for roughly six miles to the east, Van Wagenen said. DHS spokesman Jarrod Agen said the new fencing is part of a larger 37-mile project that will mix vehicle barriers, traditional fencing and "virtual fence" technology to deter entry into the United States from Mexico and to aid in the apprehension of more illegal crossers. On Jan. 12, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff cleared the way for the fence construction to start by waiving environmental regulations and laws impeding construction along the 2.8 million-acre bombing range. Environmentalists have criticized the fencing and barrier plans, saying that will not stop people in search of jobs but will be a step toward destroying a fragile portion of southern Arizona's desert. Rep. Raul Grijalva, who represents Yuma, came out against the decision, saying it was shortsighted to build walls that would harm endangered species and merely force people to cross at different parts of the border. In building the fence, Agen said, the federal government aims to match the correct infrastructure with the unique characteristics of the border. He said protecting the Goldwater Range is important because as an active bombing range, illegal immigrants are endangered and also hamper military training. "They have to stop training every time there is an incursion," he said.
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