A new 700 miles of double-layered fencing won approval on a 283-138 vote, a bigger margin than last December when the House passed it as part of a broader bill that also would have made being an illegal immigrant a felony. The nearly 2,000-mile border now has about 75 miles of fencing.

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A new 700 miles of double-layered fencing won approval on a 283-138 vote, a bigger margin than last December when the House passed it as part of a broader bill that also would have made being an illegal immigrant a felony. The nearly 2,000-mile border now has about 75 miles of fencing.

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In 2006 Secure Fence Act directed Department of Homeland Security to build 700 miles of border wall along US - Mexico border

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In 2006 Secure Fence Act directed Department of Homeland Security to build 700 miles of border wall along US - Mexico border

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