The Environment on the Border
OCTOBER 6, 2007 Listen to this Story
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This week, the immigration debate has spread to matters of the environment. The Sierra Club says a fence along the border will disrupt the animals and plants that live there. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff defended construction of a fence, saying it's actually better for the environment than all the trash that illegal border crossers leave behind. We hear from nature writer Craig Childs, about this harsh and beautiful landscape.
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