Texas Wildlife Refuges Fast-Tracked for Border "Fence" is a diary well worth reading over at DailyKos. This idea is another glaring example of the complete ineptitude of the current administration.

Personally, I agree with one of the commenters in the subsequent discussion: If you want to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into this country you won't accomplish anything with this "fence". The answer (though it is unlikely it would ever get past the corporate controlled politicians - and even if it did the pretend cowboy would just veto it) would be to impose serious jail time (5 years minimum in max security prisons - no "country club" jails - with no possibility of parole) for private business owners or corporate CEO's who hire illegals. Eliminate the market and the problem will go away. Just wild speculation but an added bonus just might be that the annual cost of enforcement could potentially be less than the annual cost of trying to maintain well over a thousand miles of fence.