Texans on wrong side of border fence grow anxious

 

Published: February 11, 2012

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Some landowners in South Texas are growing worried as the government prepares to install new, heavy metal gates in the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The gates are necessary because in some places, the fence was constructed as much as a mile from the border. Landowners can use the gates to go back and forth to their property on the other side of the barrier.

Some fear, howev...


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