Posted on 11/11/2006 5:32:37 AM PST by jamesrichards
Democrats to 'revisit' law creating border fence By Shaun Waterman UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL November 11, 2006 Democrats will look again at the legislation mandating 698 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border and might seek to scrap the plan altogether when they take control of Congress next year. Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat, told reporters this week that he expected to "revisit" the issue when he becomes chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee in the 110th Congress. Mr. Thompson said the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) new border enforcement program, known as the Secure Border Initiative or SBI Net -- which includes monitors, cameras and other integrated surveillance systems -- is a viable alternative to fencing. "We might do away with it, or look at [integrating it into] SBI Net," he said. "A virtual fence rather than a real one."
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What are you talking about??? You have sided with the Democrats for as long as I can remember on open borders...
Bush and his family and friends will bask in his legacy on his new 98,000 acre "plantation" in Paraguay.
Are the idiots who elected the Democrats because they were angry over Bush's border policies paying attention here?
Re: "We need a new crop of congressmen."
Yes! And especially - we need to get rid of the Senators - who always voted against the House!
They are sooo liberal! They definitely do Not represent our interests! No matter what they call themselves! (Demos or Pubs!)
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