Posted on 04/28/2010 9:27:03 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision to re-prioritize climate change may put immigration reform "back to square one" but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say that's just where Congress needs to be -- securing the border before dealing with millions of illegal immigrants already in the United States.
A bipartisan group of House members was sending a letter to President Obama on Wednesday asking him to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S.'s southern border to assist Border Patrol agents. They note that Obama can act without requiring Congress to pass legislation.
"I support immigration reform but that means that you secure the border first," Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., said Wednesday.
"We protect the borders of other nations better than our own," added Ted Poe R-Texas.
Giffords, who represents the district that borders Mexico and is south and east of Tucson, said she spoke with a Border Patrol agent who described night time activity down there as "western. It gets violent and dangerous."
She said the threat from violence associated with illegal entry into the country is real and Arizona is "sick and tired" of living in fear.
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Once again a Southern State(AZ) leads the way. Read about who settled AZ(It was mostly re-located Confederates).
Hard to push border security when you are expecting a 10-20% cut in operational funding for 2011. The reality is that even though the budget is exploding, providing for the common defense is not the priority of this Administration.
Wait till they see what the sea of people that descend on Washington opposed to giving illegals amnesty! I know I will be there.
Allow me to parse this "MSM-style":
The gunfights and riots only last about 30 minutes a day. That's about 2% of the day. So things are "mostly peaceful."
you tried to out Grahmnesty and he responded by stepping back into line with the 41....you lose, Harry!
Ping!
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