In 1996, at the urging of Representative Duncan Hunter of San Diego, Congress voted to reinforce the border fence that separates the southwest corner of San Diego County from Tijuana, Mexico. Eight years later the so-called “triple fence” project has run into a barrier of its own: environmental concerns over the fate of a California state park and estuary.
- Follow the Construction of Border Fencing, U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter
- The Tijuana Estuary, Imperial Beach, California
- “SWIA Opposes Border Fence Plan Proposed by INS,” Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association
- Tijuana Estuary NP, California Department of Parks & Recreation
- Tijuana River Reserve, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Environmental Protection Agency, US-Mexico Border Program
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