"I'm against vigilantes," Bush said. "That's why you got a border patrol, and they ought to be in charge of enforcing the border."
And Bush sides with the illegals and Fox against Americans (vigilantes) again.
Disgraceful!
That must be why Jorge wanted to make sure they had all the funding they needed to enforce the border. /sarcasm
WASHINGTON - March 10, 2005 - A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including many from Texas, is pressing for money to hire thousands of new border guards that were approved by President Bush but then left out of the 2006 budget.
The letter [written by Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin] was signed by 44 representatives, including 16 Texans. The signers include Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston, and Ted Poe, R-Houston, Ron Paul, R-Surfside, and Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands.
At issue is the disparity between the border security provisions in the intelligence reform bill Bush signed in mid-December and the 2006 budget that he released in February.
The reform package called for 10,000 more border patrol agents to be hired over the next five years, 800 additional interior investigators and 8,000 more detention beds.
The president's budget requested enough money for 210 border agents, 143 investigators and 1,920 beds.
The White House had promised that these "important steps would be fully funded in order to protect the nations borders, apprehend potential terrorists and detain them pending deportation," according to the letter.
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Source: Lawmakers pressuring Bush for more Border Patrol agents
Agreed. Disgraceful president.