Janet Napolitano halts Mexico fence plan

[babylonsister]

Yay! imo this was one really dumb idea from the get-go.


Janet Napolitano halts Mexico fence plan


Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has put the brakes on SBInet, the $3 billion plan to build a virtual fence along the U.S. border with Mexico.

“Not only do we have an obligation to secure our borders, we have a responsibility to do so in the most cost-effective way possible,” Napolitano said in a statement Tuesday. “The system of sensors and cameras along the Southwest border known as SBInet has been plagued with cost overruns and missed deadlines.”

With that in mind, Napolitano is withholding funding for the program’s first deployment until a review she ordered in January is finished. And she’s taking away $50 million in stimulus funds from the Boeing-managed program. Instead, that funding will be put toward “other tested, commercially available security technology along the Southwest border.”

The project’s halt comes amid rising violence along the U.S. border with Mexico that has Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) urging Americans to heed the recent State Department travel warning to delay visits to the Mexican states of Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua.

The move also comes about a week after the DHS inspector general found more problems with the project.

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[Clio the Leo]

1. It would have been more effective to fence IN all of the rich Americans...

.... who are BUYING the coke to begin with.

Just a thought.

[mucifer]

2. I think they like to be fenced in. They don't want our coodies.

[whathehell]

4. Uh...It's "cooties"

not "coodies", and I'm sorry if you have them...

[Jennicut]

3. Good. No more money to ineffective govt. contractors. They need to do the job right

or we need to move on to someone else. My state is notorious as one of the homes of big defense contractors. Pratt and Whitney, Sikorsky Aircraft, Northrop Grumman, the sub bases in Groton. My Mother in law, her husband and the husband of my sister in law all work at Pratt & Whitney. It brings big money into the state but at what cost to the govt. and taxpayers as a whole? I want my family to keep their jobs but at the same time, it does get ridiculous and out of control.

[GoCubsGo]

5. GOOD!!! Another boondoggle...

Another waste of money, just like the "missile defense" program. Glad to see it go. Maybe they can use some of the savings to help resolve the issues that cause people to want to sneak over our boarders in the first place.