November 7, 2013
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu lashes out Wednesday at Congress and federal immigration officials for failing to secure the border while discussing an immigration reform proposal. Babeu told a legislative committee the border could be secured if there were the political will to do it. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)
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PHOENIX -- A legislative panel may be ready to jettison plans to try to build a border fence, having gathered less than $265,000 in donations over three years.Rep. David Stevens, R-Sierra Vista, co-chair of the committee, said Wednesday that the original plan, approved by lawmakers in 2011, may be unworkable. It envisioned a new fence on private property, with the consent of landowners, which could cover about a third of the 370-mile international border.
