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Home Front: Politix
Bush Requests $1.9B to Bolster Borders
2006-05-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush sent Congress a $1.9 billion request Thursday to increase border security as supporters of sweeping immigration legislation reasserted control in Senate debate.

The White House said the money would pay for the ``first 1,000 of 6,000 new Border Patrol agents that will be deployed in the next two years,'' as well as the temporary deployment of up to 6,000 National Guard troops to states along the Mexican border. The request includes funds for new fencing and other barriers as well as two new unmanned surveillance aircraft and five helicopters to curb illegal immigration.
It's a start, but we need more fencing.
The White House sent the request to Congress as the president traveled to Yuma, Ariz. to dramatize his commitment to border control and the Senate labored over the most sweeping overhaul of immigration law in two decades. Bush's funding request came with a pledge that it would not lead to a short-term increase in the deficit. The White House said it would off-set the spending by ``delaying certain less-urgent military procurement efforts'' to future spending bills.
Posted by:Steve White

#1  $1.9B would buy 12,666,666.67 ft - or 2399 miles of fence in Chris Simcox's $150/ft design (pic).
Posted by: eniac   2006-05-19 01:45  

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