Border Security: Fences Along the U.S. International Border

Nuñez-Neto, Blas ; Viña, Stephen R.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: International affairs;    Boundaries - U.S. - Security measures;   

RP-ID  :  RS22026
RP-ID  :  RS22026 2005-11-28

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report outlines the issues involved with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) completion of a three-tiered, 14-mile fence, along the border near San Diego, California. The state of California delayed completion of the fence due primarily to legal and policy conflicts with its federally-approved, state-run Coastal Management Program. Former authorization for the fence only allowed the waiver of the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. During the 109th Congress, provisions to facilitate the completion of the border fence were included in the REAL ID Act of 2005 (H.R. 41 8), which was subsequently added to H.R. 1268, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, and signed into law on May 1 1,2005 (P.L. 109-13). The border fence provisions allow the Secretary of DHS to waive all legal requirements determined necessary to ensure expeditious construction of authorized barriers and roads.