Sierra Club Borderlands Campaign

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Sierra Club Borderlands Campaign
A grassroots campaign to restore and protect the
U.S./Mexico borderlands. New film
Wild Versus Wall On the web arizona.sierraclub.o
rg/border Facebook group Dan Millis,
Campaign Organizer Dan.millis_at_sierraclub.org (520)
620-6401
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Border Wall construction near San Luis,
Arizona Cost to taxpayers
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Border Wall construction near San Luis,
Arizona Cost to taxpayers
700,000 per mile
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Border wall near San Diego, California Cost to
taxpayers
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Border wall near San Diego, California Cost to
taxpayers
21 MILLION PER MILE!
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Friendship Park, CA
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Smugglers Gulch, CA
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Otay Mountain Wilderness
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Rio Bosque Wetlands Park
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Border Patrol Apprehension Statistics Southwest
Border 1993 - 2004
Total Numbers
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SQUEEZING A BALLOON
Border Patrol Apprehension Statistics
Slide courtesy Jenny Neely
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BAD Border Legislation

• Real ID Act, 2005 (Section 102)
• Secure Fence Act, 2006

-VERSUS- GOOD Border Legislation HR 2076 The
Border Security and Responsibility Act of 2009
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BAD Section 102, Real ID Act, 2005

• notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
  Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the
  authority to waive all legal requirements such
  Secretary, in such Secretarys sole discretion,
  determines necessary to ensure expeditious
  construction of the barriers and roads.

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BAD Secure Fence Act, 2006

• 670 miles, double-layer border wall.

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GOOD H.R. 2076The Border Security and
Responsibility Act of 2009

• Restores protection laws
• Gives voice to communities
• Smart security
• Costs
• Effectiveness (or lack)
• Mitigate damage

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Border Wall Updates

• Wild Versus Wall
• Rio Grande Herbicide Spraying Averted

• Civil Disobedience Friendship Park, April 8
• HR 2076 Introduced DC and DN!
• Wall funding (beyond Bushs 670) pulled from
  Obama budget.
• Were on myspace! www.myspace.com/sierraclubborde
  rlands

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You can choose to make new bridges instead of
new walls. - Obama to Turkish students, April
7, 2009
Berlin, 2008. Getty Images
Turkey, 2009. Getty Images