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USA to Build Anti-Terrorism Fence across Canadian Border? [9min @1:30]

If good fences make good neighbours, then Uncle Sam is getting ready to be the best darn neighbour anybody ever had. Last month, the House of Representatives passed a new immigration law that approves the construction of a security fence between the United States and Mexico. That same legislation includes a clause that applies to Canada. It approves funding to study whether the United States should also build a fence along its northern border, too. Tom Tancredo is a Republican congressman and the chairman of the Immigration Reform Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. We reached Mr. Tancredo in Washington, D.C.
Read entire article at CBC Radio One "As It Happens" Part 1