Dec. 16th trip to film and photograph new construction.

Hola todos,

We went to the Border to film what construction has been done. There has been quite a bit since we took pics of the west side during the Border Wall-k on Nov. 11th and even more since the filming we did on Oct. 21st. I have been against this fence from the beginning because it stands in contrast to bringing people together.

Here are the links to the different clips with a description of each on youtube. There is a link at the bottom to some pictures that were taken by Michelle.

1. Otay. The extension of the fence eastward:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWmyAE9IYEE

2. Arrival on the West Side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6NRU5m92IQ

3. Walking West Along the Inside of the second barrier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feWskDtzXfk

4. Discussion at the end of the second barrier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcdOO776D94

5. Incidental Grading

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYNuXMOqpms

6. More Grading/excavating -last clip for Dec. 16th trip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwPFjOqJYUs

7. Link to pics taken by Michelle of whole trip:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AZMWzVq5asmLu4

Undocumented workers used to build San Diego/Tijuana border fencing

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6626823

Border Fence Firm Snared for Hiring Illegal Workers
by Scott Horsley

All Things Considered, December 14, 2006 · A fence-building company in Southern California agrees to pay nearly $5 million in fines for hiring illegal immigrants. Two executives from the company may also serve jail time. The Golden State Fence Company's work includes some of the border fence between San Diego and Mexico.

After an immigration check in 1999 found undocumented workers on its payroll, Golden State promised to clean house. But when followup checks were made in 2004 and 2005, some of those same illegal workers were still on the job. In fact, U-S Attorney Carol Lam says as many as a third of the company's 750 workers may have been in the country illegally.

Golden State Fence built millions of dollars' worth of fencing around homes, offices, and military bases. Its president and one of its Southern California managers will pay fines totaling $300,000. The government is also recommending jail time for Melvin Kay and Michael McLaughlin, probably about six months.

It is exceptionally rare for those who employ illegal immigrants to face any kind of criminal prosecution, let alone jail time. Earlier this week, for example, immigration raids on six meat-packing plants netted almost 1,300 suspected illegal workers. But no charges were leveled against the company that runs the plants: Swift.

Golden State Fence's attorney, Richard Hirsch, admits his client broke the law. But he says the case proves that construction companies need a guest-worker program.

New Bolg address on Google Blogger


I have switched to google blogger. The Mac Blogger was great but the url was very long and it changed everytime there was an update so I decide to switch to this easier access blog on google.

To see all the previous posts go to: http://web.mac.com/dan.watman/iWeb/SD_TJ_Border/SD_TJ_Blog/SD_TJ_Blog.html