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 News from Around the Americas | October 2007 
Chertoff Waives Laws for Border Fence
 Associated Press
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| | Michael Chertoff, U.S Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, center, is shown as he makes remarks during a news conference Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, in Portland, Ore. Chertoff provided updates on Oregon's progress in the emergency preparedness exercise during a visit at a mock radiation detection facility. Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, left, and Portland Mayor Tom Potter look on in the background. (AP/Rick Bowmer) |
Washington - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Monday invoked his power to bypass certain laws to restart construction of a fence on the Arizona-Mexico border.
Chertoff's action allows construction to go forward on about seven miles of fence in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area near Naco, Ariz.
Work on nearly two miles of the fence had been suspended since Oct. 10, when a federal district judge ordered a delay on its construction.
She ruled the federal government did not fully study the environmental impact of the fence.
Congress gave Chertoff the power to waive environmental and other laws to build border barriers when it passed the REAL ID Act in 2005. |
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