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The Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109–367 (text)), also labelled H.R. 6061, is an act of the United States Congress which authorized and partially funded the construction of 700 miles (1,125 km) of fencing along the Mexican border.
The Secure Fence Act of 2006, signed into law on October 26, 2006, by President George W. Bush [35] authorized and partially funded the potential construction of 700 miles (1,100 km) of physical fence/barriers along the Mexican border. The bill passed with supermajorities in both chambers.
The Bill proposes 370 miles (600 km) of fencing along highly populated areas near the border; H.R. 4437 proposes 700 miles (1,100 km) of fencing. The Bill does not mention any expanded role for local law enforcement for border enforcement tasks (primarily for interior enforcement) the way that H.R. 4437 does.
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The Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 was a bill in the 109th United States Congress. It was passed by the United States House of Representatives on December 16, 2005, by a vote of 239 to 182 (with 92% of Republicans supporting, 82% of Democrats opposing), but did not pass the Senate .
A Border Patrol agent drove through an access road within the roughly 2.5-mile area, Danley wrote, but the agent was stopped and questioned by a Texas National Guard member.
The DHS has completed nearly 700 miles of fencing along the borders, [15] and, as of 2011, 20,700 border patrol agents were employed to guard the border. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In addition, the Border Patrol now has more than 18,300 agents deployed on both the southern and northern border. [ 16 ]
Although the 1,000-foot barrier does little to fully plug the roughly 1,200-mile border, it may have helped thrwart illegal crossings in and around Eagle Pass, which plummeted to 8,500 last month ...