Fence Troubles Texans Business Owners, Farmers Worried by Border Plans

Augusta Chronicle, The › October 31, 2006

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MISSION, Texas - Jeff Reed offers outdoor dining on the Rio Grande at his restaurant, Pepe's on the River. But with the U.S. government planning to build 700 miles of fence along the Mexican border, he has to wonder: Will his restaurant soon be "Pepe's on the Fence"?

Downriver in Brownsville, where the jalapeno and lima bean fields run down to the water's edge, farmer Fermin Leal is wondering whether the government intends to cut through his crops, run irrigation pipes under the fence, or buy him out.

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Fence Troubles Texans Business Owners, Farmers Worried by Border Plans

"Most of our land goes up to what's supposed to be the border, and yes, we ne...

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