Cannon Suggests Google to Eyeball Border Fences
 The Salt Lake Tribune
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After the defeat of a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the Senate, Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, says the government needs to prove it can do something about the flood of undocumented people living and working in America. Otherwise, the public won't have any faith in its leaders.
Calls from constituents show that many have lost faith in their government, Cannon said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. "Put simply, the American people do not trust government to keep its word," he said in the letter written Tuesday.
His idea: show the public that the immigrant-blocking fence along the U.S.-Mexico border is going up, and soon workers will not just be able to stroll into New Mexico, Arizona, California or another border state.
"When millions map their trips online or view their own neighborhoods on Google Earth, making it possible for concerned citizens to see for themselves where the fence has been completed, where it is being built and where it is scheduled to be built, updated in real time, is not a Herculean task," Cannon said.
If the all-knowing search engine isn't going to create Google Border, you can always create your own visual map of the immigration problem. The directions will come back something like, "Leave Mexico City, head north," 500 miles. "Climb fence," 12 feet. "Enter Arizona." |
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