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Arizona mayor opposes razor wire on border fence
An Arizona mayor is comparing a Border Patrol proposal to put razor wire on portions of the U.S.-Mexico border fence to building the Berlin Wall.
"We've had a black eye because everybody is using the border as a political issue," Nogales Mayor Arturo Garino said.
The proposal, according to Garino, would put concertina wire on top of the 20-foot-high fence to the east and west of town.
"Tucson Sector Border Patrol is considering a proposed deployment of concertina wire in the Nogales area," Border Patrol spokesman Brent Cagen wrote in an e-mail. "Currently this proposal is still under review. Specifics concerning this proposal are unavailable at this time."
full: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/12/us/nogales-razor-wire/index.html
