Associated Press – November 8, 2007:
Founded 240 years ago, this sleepy Texas town along the Rio Grande has outlasted the Spanish, then the Mexicans and then the short-lived independent Republic of Texas. But it may not survive the U.S. government’s effort to secure the Mexican border with a steel fence.
A map obtained by The Associated Press shows that the double- or triple-layer fence may be built as much as two miles from the river on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande, leaving parts of Granjeno and other nearby communities in a potential no-man’s-land between the barrier and the water’s edge.
Local residents, many of whom have put “No Border Wall” signs on their cars and in their yards, say they have been assured they will be compensated at fair market value for any property taken by the U.S. government. But that has not given them much comfort.
Well lets see……If they build a fence then in 50 years they can make a big deal..by tearing it down like the BERLIN WALL!!!!!!!….GOOD GOD….DIDNT WANT TO BELIEVE IT..BUT THERE ARE ..STUPID PEOPLE…WE DON’T NEED A FENCE !!!!!..AND DON’T USE THAT CRAP ABOUT HOME LAND SECURITY!!!!….IT DID NOT STP THE TRADE BUILDINGS FROM BEING DESTROYED AND THOUSANDS DEAD!!!!!…THEY USED OUR OWN COMMERCIAL PLANES!!!!!!!! GET A GRIP AMERICA… LEAVE THE SMALL BORDER TOWNS ALONE…YOU KNOW DAMN WELL THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE A FAR PRICE FOR THE LAND THEY HAVE HAD FOR GENERATIONS!!!!!
You try living in a town for so long and now you find out that your hometown is being destroyed! imagine how these people feel… Do you have any feelings?