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US Fence Gets Go-Ahead

October 2006 | Ratings Update
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US President George W Bush has signed a controversial bill to finance the erection of a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border, in an effort to curb illegal immigration. BMI considers this move to be a blow for the outgoing Fox government, which had focussed its foreign policy objectives on persuading the US Congress to soften immigration laws.