Bush signs Mexico fence into law
US President George W Bush has signed into law a plan for 700 miles (1,125km) of new fencing along the US-Mexico border, to curb illegal immigration.
Mr Bush said the US had not been in control of the border for decades.
Illegal immigration is expected to be a major question in next month's US mid-term elections.
Mexican officials have opposed the fence, with outgoing President Vicente Fox calling it "shameful" and likening it to the Berlin Wall.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6088084.stm
President Bush Signs Secure Fence Act http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061026.html
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US President George W Bush has signed into law a plan for 700 miles (1,125km) of new fencing along the US-Mexico border, to curb illegal immigration.
Mr Bush said the US had not been in control of the border for decades.
Illegal immigration is expected to be a major question in next month's US mid-term elections.
Mexican officials have opposed the fence, with outgoing President Vicente Fox calling it "shameful" and likening it to the Berlin Wall.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6088084.stm
President Bush Signs Secure Fence Act http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061026.html
Related article and links:
Border Summit Testimony: O’odham Teenager Killed by U.S. Border Patrol,
notes Brenda Norrell
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2673&blz=1