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US-MEX-BORDER
A vehicle-proof barrier now lines the south side of Interstate 8 at the Imperial Dunes, a short distance north of the US-Mexico border where no fence divides the two nations, 08 October 2006 west of Winterhaven, California. US Fish and Wildlife Service wardens and environmentalists warn that a proposed plan by US lawmakers to construct 700 miles of double fencing along the 2,000-mile US-Mexico border, in an attempt to wall-out illegal immigrants, would also harm rare wildlife. Wildlife experts say cactus-pollinating insects would fly around fence lights, birds that migrate by starlight in the desert wilderness would be confused; and large mammals such as jaguars, Mexican wolves, Sonoran pronghorn antelope, and desert bighorn sheep would be blocked from migrating across the international border, from California to Texas. David McNew/Getty Images/AFP =FOR NEWSPAPER, INTERNET, TELCOS AND TELEVISION USE ONLY= MORE PHOTOS ON IMAGEFORUM
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Winterhaven, California, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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David McNew |
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8 Octombrie 2006 |
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3000 x 2000 (1.36 MB) |
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