Border Fence Stops At Water's Edge

"I thought it would go all the way through the river," says John Ladd, owner of the San Jose Ranch along the San Pedro River. He was seeing this section of the border wall/fence for the first time. He was surprised it stopped and started at the water's edge. There's a 20 foot gap straddling the river. It's a very small section of the nearly 670 miles of border fence and vehicle barriers build by the Department of Homeland Security but it represents a big argument. Environmentalists had gone to court to stop the barrier from crossing the San Pedro. But the DHS chief, Michael Chertoff suspended a series of environmental laws to build it. Looking North along the river from the barrier, it's evident it allows foot traffic to continue. Water bottles and other litter float in the river about a hundred feet upstream. But ranchers say it has stopped wildlife which used to habitat the area. Ladd says he's seen two mule deer this year whereas in the past, it would be in the dozens....