Boeing Lobbied for Border-Security Plan Boeing Co.,

the world’s largest aerospace company, paid Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates $120,000 in the second half of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form.The firm lobbied for implementation of a multibillion high-tech fence along the Arizona-Mexico border, according to the form posted online Friday by the Senate’s public records office.Boeing is the lead contractor on the construction of a 28-mile virtual fence that was to be operational by June 2007, but had been delayed.The project calls for 1,800 towers along the Mexican and Canadian borders to help the U.S. Border Patrol stop people from entering the country illegally.Beside Congress, the firm lobbied the Homeland Security Department, which awarded the contract.Chicago-based Boeing also paid the firm $120,000 in the first six months of 2007 to lobby on the same issue.Lobbyists are required to disclose activities that could influence members of the executive and legislative branches, under a federal law enacted in 1995. They must register with Congress within 45 days of being hired or engaging in lobbying.Associated Press