Looks like the pressure put on the senate by the phone calls made through Bill Frist's political action committee Volpac, and it's website secureamericasborders.com to which there is a link to the left in my sidebar and below, have made a bit of difference in getting this bill passed apparently on Friday. This as the senate closes up shop for the ever important mid term election season now upon us.
Hopefully this somewhat limited border bill will at least give the republicans some extra votes in the upcoming elections. This bill basically provides for 700 miles of fence and some other loophole closing additions and when added with other legislation described below, there is still some ways to go but it's a very good start. Blogger Category: Right Politics, Illegal Immigration
Hopefully this somewhat limited border bill will at least give the republicans some extra votes in the upcoming elections. This bill basically provides for 700 miles of fence and some other loophole closing additions and when added with other legislation described below, there is still some ways to go but it's a very good start. Blogger Category: Right Politics, Illegal Immigration
Senator Bill Frist - VOLPAC: "In a post 9/11 world, border security is a matter of national security. Securing our borders is not an insurmountable problem … but it has been a problem that too many have been willing to ignore for too long.
While our borders are still inexcusably porous, we’ve made a great deal of progress in the last two years. With the passage of Defense and Homeland Security appropriations bills, we will have added 3,736 new Border Patrol agents … 9,150 new detention beds … and 1,373 detention personnel. We’ve more than quadrupled spending on border and immigration enforcement … increasing funding from $4 billion prior to 9/11 to over $16 billion today. We’ve seen apprehensions at the border increase by 45%. We’ve ended catch-and-release.
And, just moments ago, the Senate invoked cloture on the Secure Fence Act of 2006 by a vote of 71-28. Tomorrow the Senate will pass this legislation and send it to the President’s desk for his signature." read more
Blogger Category: Right Politics, Illegal Immigration
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