Obama to Deploy National Guard to Ariz. Border
The Obama administration plans to announce Tuesday that it will send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to improve border security, an Arizona congresswoman said.
Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords also said in a statement released Tuesday that President Barack Obama will request $500 million in funding for border security.
Part of Giffords' district borders Mexico.
Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona plans to introduce a proposal Tuesday afternoon to pay for putting 6,000 National troops at the border.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's spokesman said the governor hadn't been told of the move prior to her office being contacted by The Associated Press and had no immediate comment.
In 2006, President George W. Bush sent thousands of troops to the border to perform support duties that tie up immigration agents, who would then have more time to arrest illegal immigrants. The troops didn't perform significant law enforcement duties.
The goal of the Bush plan was to have the troops at the border until thousands of new Border Patrol agents were trained. Those border troops cost $1.2 billion to work at the border.
At the time, some officials along the border said they experienced a drop-off in traffic after National Guard soldiers began to arrive there.
That program has since ended, and politicians in border states have called for troops to be sent there to curb human and drug smuggling and prevent Mexico's drug violence from spilling over into the United States.
After the Bush plan ended, a much smaller number of National Guard troops still remained at the border, helping federal and state officers with communications and anti-drug efforts.
© 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords also said in a statement released Tuesday that President Barack Obama will request $500 million in funding for border security.
Part of Giffords' district borders Mexico.
Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona plans to introduce a proposal Tuesday afternoon to pay for putting 6,000 National troops at the border.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's spokesman said the governor hadn't been told of the move prior to her office being contacted by The Associated Press and had no immediate comment.
In 2006, President George W. Bush sent thousands of troops to the border to perform support duties that tie up immigration agents, who would then have more time to arrest illegal immigrants. The troops didn't perform significant law enforcement duties.
The goal of the Bush plan was to have the troops at the border until thousands of new Border Patrol agents were trained. Those border troops cost $1.2 billion to work at the border.
At the time, some officials along the border said they experienced a drop-off in traffic after National Guard soldiers began to arrive there.
That program has since ended, and politicians in border states have called for troops to be sent there to curb human and drug smuggling and prevent Mexico's drug violence from spilling over into the United States.
After the Bush plan ended, a much smaller number of National Guard troops still remained at the border, helping federal and state officers with communications and anti-drug efforts.
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No matter how hard the USA tries we will NEVER conquer or rule the Middle East.
The US has been in the Middle East since the 1920's and look how far we have come.
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Rest easy, bro. We now got ***1200*** more guys on the job. Amnesty? Tell El Presidente to pass the 'K-Y'.
Where is a good Coup when you need one? So much for Seven Days in May, how about Seven Days in June? We're already turning into a 3rd world country and we have a Cavez-esque, Castro-esque ruler who can't be bothered with events, details or press conferences that conflict with his Bolivarian Revolution. We have a banana republic ruler turning us into (and well on our way to )a banana republic.
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Cute. Yes, we have no bananas.
1. Remember when you squawked about troops being sent to help protect the southern USA border and your hatred increased?
2. Remember when you squawked about Predator strikes in Pakistan and your hatred increased?
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We're all for it. Uh-oh, what about our fellow Americans who want*** cheap labor***? They're not all 'for it' now too, are they? Hm.
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith, becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."?Theodore Roosevelt, 1907
Taxes at work:
Nearly 100 illegals were able to get past TSA screeners using ?micas?-- falsified identification cards obtained from Southern California forged-document mills. And the forgeries weren?t very good. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin December 31 reports:
The backs of the cards contained numerous spelling and typographical errors.
The errors include "Deparment," "Departament," "Adminstration," "identifield," "punishible," "ins't," "Homel and Security" and "United State of America."
The front of one card said it was newly issued by the Department of Homeland Security while the back of the card said it had been issued by the Department of Justice.
And not a single card presented as evidence in the trial had a hologram on its face like a real permanent resident card.
C'mon. Our government cares, what?
Other States besides Arizona see those boycotting as fomenting sedition against the USA. AZTLAN racists are
needing to be arrested right along with LaRaza, declaring war here.
Wasn't the Vice President of LaRaza Aztlan from LA, who Obama placed as a sworn enemy to the USA, in his
cabinet?
How heated are US citizens today over the foreign invasion?
It was this heated in 2007 when the USA was sticking up for our 2 border patrol agents Ramos and Compean.
It is much hotter now.
It appears the USA is fed up with the AZTLAN Racists. The call by Americans is for Mexico Aztlan builders to go home.