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The folks in McAllen don't seem to think too highly of Kay's "border fence". That's according to this article on Themonitor.com: Local leaders trash border fence.

Plans to build a more than 200-mile border barrier from Laredo to Brownsville could do more social, economic and environmental harm for the Rio Grande Valley than it will do good for the nation’s border security.

That seemed to be the prevailing view among political leaders, economic boosters and local residents here in the McAllen area Sunday, two days after the Senate approved the measure.

...The fence measure passed the Senate with overwhelming support Friday, sailing through on a vote of 80-19 with help from Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison.

..."I’m just amazed at what's happening," the mayor said. "I'm reminded of when Jesus Christ was sitting on the cross and he looks up to the Father and says, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.' And I think that’s where we are here."

...[Executive vice president of the McAllen Economic Development Corp. Mike] Allen said he doesn’t know a single business leader or elected official anywhere from the Lower Rio Grande Valley all the way up to El Paso who supports the measure.

“It’s just unthinkable in terms of relationship with Mexico, our second largest trading partner,” he said. “I think we’re all for limiting immigration and having people follow the law, but this is just the wrong way to go about it.