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• The Border Fence is the development of a 1,952 mile long fence which is designed to stretch across the border between the United States and Mexico. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the average cost per mile is between $2 and $3 million.MSNBC: Construction begins on San Diego border fence (August 15, 2008) However, a three-and-a-half mile stretch of land in San Diego, known as Smuggle's Gulch, will cost approximately $16 million a mile because of its landscape.CNN: Work Begins on $57 Million Border Fence in San Diego... (August 16, 2008) Construction in that area began in mid-August of 2008.

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  1. Border Fence will span 1,952 miles across the border between the United States and MexicoMSNBC: Construction begins on San Diego border fence (August 15, 2008)
  2. Average cost per-mile: Between $2 and $3 millionMSNBC: Construction begins on San Diego border fence (August 15, 2008)
  3. Supporters claim that greater control of traffic coming from Mexico, will save the United States billions in costs connected to illegal immigrationThe Border Fence Project.com Border Fence Project
  4. Opponents claim: The fence will not keep immigrants out of the United States, and the fence proves hazardous to the fragile desert ecosystemBBC News: US Border Fences an "eco-Danger" (July 31, 2007)<ref name:"NR">The New Republic: The Border Fence Folly (July 30, 2008)

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