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Obama puts forth border plan similar to Bush's
AP on Yahoo ^
| 5/26/10
| Jacques Billeaud - ap
Posted on 05/26/2010 5:41:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
PHOENIX President Barack Obama's plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops back to the U.S.-Mexico border quelled demands that he must do more to battle illegal immigration and drug smuggling, but advocates for tougher enforcement say the troops need authority to make detentions.
The new plan looks similar to the National Guard initiative under former President George W. Bush, but on a much smaller scale: Troops will work on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support, and will eventually be replaced by more border patrol and customs agents. The plan at this point doesn't call for the ability to round up suspected illegal immigrants and smugglers.
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual, speaking to journalists Wednesday in Mexico City, said the troops will serve as a bridge until the American government can get more agents on the border. He emphasized that the troops won't be working on the front lines or interacting with people crossing the border.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderplan; bush; obama; similar
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To: NormsRevenge
Well then if it’s similar to Bush, we can blame Bush can’t we?
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posted on
05/26/2010 5:42:23 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: NormsRevenge
Wonderful. Bush was pro-amnesty. So is Hussein.
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posted on
05/26/2010 5:44:30 PM PDT
by
South40
("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
To: NormsRevenge
Real nice.
Just build the fence, will you?
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posted on
05/26/2010 5:44:46 PM PDT
by
marron
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To: EGPWS
Lets be honest...it is pretty much the same plan. Bush said send intelligence personnel, support personnel, and these overhead unmanned recon craft to help the border patrol. This is the same plan by Obama. The difference? Arizona’s governor was a Democrat at the time...with NM’s governor and Arnold...and they basically said it was stupid. Now? We have one real Republican governor, Arnold, and the same NM governor.
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
05/26/2010 5:50:01 PM PDT
by
RasterMaster
(The only way to open a LIEberal mind is with a brick!)
To: Abbeville Conservative
LOL
The media.
‘Agenda Uber Alles’
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posted on
05/26/2010 5:50:08 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
To: marron
Just build the fence, will you? That and a several hundred mile long military training facility for snipers.
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posted on
05/26/2010 5:52:52 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
To: EGPWS; South40
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posted on
05/26/2010 5:54:03 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
To: NormsRevenge
"The new plan looks similar to the National Guard initiative under former President George W. Bush."
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posted on
05/26/2010 6:02:15 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: pepsionice
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posted on
05/26/2010 6:11:09 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: South40; NormsRevenge
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posted on
05/26/2010 6:15:52 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: NormsRevenge
OMG the wannabe prez has run out of options, so do what works! we miss you President Bush and welcomes President Palin!
To: NormsRevenge
In other words, a load of BS propaganda meant to fool the public and pave the way for open borders amnesty.
To: NormsRevenge
Why doesn’t the Mesiah just go down to the border and raise his hand and say “no more my children, you must turn around and go back home.”
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posted on
05/26/2010 6:30:45 PM PDT
by
jetson
To: EGPWS
Right, blame bush then, blame bush now, claim Obama’s plan is like bush’s.....with Obama it’s always Bush..
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posted on
05/26/2010 6:34:51 PM PDT
by
Freddd
(CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
To: NormsRevenge
What do they mean 'similar to Bush's?' Temporary increase in BP presence? Dog and pony show ICE raids? Maybe get Congress to fund the fence, again, and then drop it after a few miles are built?
Can we now safely say from experience that the main difference will be a quadrupled cost?
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posted on
05/26/2010 6:35:37 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
To: Freddd
.....with Obama its always Bush..Bush fills his suit when he wears it.
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posted on
05/26/2010 6:51:04 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..
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posted on
05/26/2010 9:54:31 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ Illegal is a Crime, it is not a Race ~)
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