Bill to secure US border seen as election year ploy
A bill to build a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border is poised to become law just in time for next month's elections.Weeks after the bill passed the House and Senate, Republican leaders sent it to the White House on Monday. President George W. Bush must sign it within 10 days or it will be automatically vetoed and sent back to Congress.The delay will let Republicans talk about border security and illegal immigration in the last days of campaign season, as the GOP tries to hold on to slim majorities in the House and Senate. MIKE MADDEN in the Detroit Free Press.