Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says public opposition to a host of new border security programs stalls government efforts to tighten security. Such opposition ranges from Texas ranchers who don't want border fences built on their property to northern border-state residents who don't want to get passports to cross back-and-forth between Canada and the USA. Chertoff says he is frustrated by the growing number of 'people who say, Yes, protect us, but not if it inconveniences me.' (USA Today, Thursday)
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