None if the invaders are given immediate free flights home.
Exactly how much money has Congress appropriated to hire how many new border agents and how many detention beds?
Exactly how much money has Congress appropriated to hire how many new border agents and how many detention beds?
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Don't know the exact amount, but we sure don't see any rush to close the borders. And we won't, IMHO. This is election payback, very narrow-minded, selfish upside for business (cheap labor) at the direct expense of the U.S. taxpayer. The only people who are benefitting are the corporations, again all supported by the taxpayer and REAL CITIZEN who is being shafted to pay for all of it to the tune of what, $100 BILLION PER YEAR, or thereabouts nationally? California is $10 BILLION just by itself.
If anyone doubts what the agenda is, who benefits, and who is carrying it out, well just open your eyes and ears.
Congress has appropriated a substantial amount, but the White House is not spending it.
Tandredo was on O'Reilly last night discussing this petition.
The National Intelligence Reform Act (signed into law last December) required a total of 10,000 new Border Patrol agents beginning with 2,000 agents in fiscal year 2006 and continuing at that yearly rate for 4 more years. The act also required 8,000 new detention beds for 2006.
Although the Senate fell short of funding the mandates that were part of the National Intelligence Reform Act, they did approve $31.8 billion to fund the Homeland Security Department for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. Among the bill's provisions:
None if the invaders are given immediate free flights home.