August 2006: Remember when they voted for the fence?

A post from 2006:

The big story from Washington is that the Senate voted to fund the fence. 

Why did this happen? The answer is the upcoming election and the impact that immigration will have on voters:

"(Senator) Sessions said he senses that senators are moving toward stricter enforcement because they have heard from constituents back home.
"The voice of the American people is beginning to be heard, and there's been a sea-change in how people are thinking about some of these issues," he said.

"It's become clearer and clearer that the fence does work, and it's been clearer and clearer that the American people want us to put our money where our mouth was."

The American people have sent a message to their leaders: Fix the border mess or we will get new leaders.

It appears that the leaders are listening!