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Mr. President, Tear Down This Wall,  Michael Dear, nytimes.com, 2013/03/11Copyright : Guillermo Arias/Associated Press, NYT"Nearly 700 miles of walls now separate the United States and Mexico. Would-be migrants still find ways over, under, through and around them. As a tool for controlling immigration to the United States, the border fortifications have been remarkably ill suited to the task. And yet these barriers are having a significant and lasting effect nonetheless: they are harming communities on both sides of the border.We should tear them down before the damage becomes irreparable ..."Op-Ed Contributor :Michael Dear, a professor of city and regional planning at the University of California, Berkeley, is the author, most recently, of “Why Walls Won’t Work: Repairing the U.S.-Mexico Divide.”Lire la suite : http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/opinion/mr-president-tear-down-this-wall.html?ref=globalRelated :On Washington: Immigration Shifts May Open Path for a Deal (January 30, 20)Some Cheer Border Fence as Others Ponder the Cost (October 20, 2011)Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy (August 4, 2009)*ndlr : Lynne, thank you for the help!