August 1, 2008

Texas University Resolves Fence Dispute With Federal Government

By Katherine Mangan

The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College announced on Thursday that they have reached an agreement with the federal government that ends a legal dispute over the government's plans to build a controversial border-security fence.

Under the agreement, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreed to drop plans to build a fence that would have sliced off part of the campus, including its golf course. Instead, the

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