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Lawmakers want Arizona border fence started

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Border fence fund gets PR help

A U.S. Border Patrol agent walks in front of the border fence in Nogales, Ariz. in June 2008. (AP Photo Ross D. Franklin, File)
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Bachmann ties border security to terrorism in speech

GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann speaks about Arizona's struggle to thwart illegal immigration Monday at the Arizona State Capitol. (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
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Firm can offer one mile of discount border fencing

A very small portion of Arizona’s border fence project might be realized sooner than expected. Sen. Steve Smith, the project’s author, earlier disclosed that he’s in negotiations with a fence...

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Key obstacles stand in way of state border fence

(Photo by Christian Palmer/Arizona Capitol Times)
A committee that is raising money to build a new fence on the Arizona-Mexico border will face a crippling reality...

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Feds’ roundabout path to share in fence costs

The U.S.-Mexico border fence near Yuma, Ariz. as seen from the outskirts of San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)
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Move over, Ron Popeil

At today’s Joint Border Security Advisory Committee meeting, Smith used the forum to shill for his border fence donation website. “Everyone who donates will get, yes, their very own certificate...

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Border fence gets $100,000 in donations

Sen. Steve Smith lauds the donations that have already been given toward building a fence along the Arizona-Mexico border. (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
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House OKs border fence bill

The international border in Nogales. (AP Photo/Matt York)
The Arizona House passed a bill allowing the state to compact with other states for the construction of...

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