[dirtboy]

Cornyn and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., whose states cover 85 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border - expect to introduce legislation next month. They said in May that the $5 billion bill also would propose adding 10,000 agents along U.S. borders and a guest-worker program.

Ixnay on the guestnay. We've got plenty of illegal guest workers here already that we have to sort through. Don't need any more for awhile, thanks.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

"Yet simply closing our borders would secure our nation only by weakening our economy. Any comprehensive solution must address both concerns."

Must...have...cheap...labor...

[Dubya]

I might be wrong but, Bush only funded 150 of these agents.

[DumpsterDiver]

They [Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Jon Kyl] said in May that the $5 billion bill also would propose adding 10,000 agents along U.S. borders and a guest-worker program.

Is this in addition to the 10,000 agents that was part of the National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004, or are they just adding back in 10,000 agents because Bush's proposed 2006 budget asked for funding for only 210 new agents?

February 9, 2005 -- The law signed by President Bush less than two months ago to add thousands of border patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border has crashed into the reality of Bush's austere federal budget proposal, officials said Tuesday.

Officially approved by Bush on Dec. 17 [2004] ... the National Intelligence Reform Act included the requirement to add 10,000 border patrol agents in the five years beginning with 2006. ... But Bush's proposed 2006 budget ... funds only 210 new border agents.

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Just asking, of course. It's not like I believe a politician would ever lie or exagerate or anything like that. </sarc>