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OBAMA TAKES ONLY SYMBOLIC STEP TOWARD BORDER CONTROL
uexpress ^ | 05/27/2010 | Georgie Anne Geyer

Posted on 05/31/2010 5:32:57 PM PDT by bilhosty

President Obama has taken a dramatic step regarding the immigration problems that are wracking the nation's purse and conscience. Out of the blue, he is sending 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to back up the Border Patrol. He will ask Congress for $500 million to boost border security. This marks a real change in the Obama administration's approach to immigration, which until now has been confused and half-hearted, with lots of talk about a "comprehensive" immigration policy but without much enthusiasm or action.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; geyer; immigration
Obamas fakery exposed by one honest member of the MSM.
1 posted on 05/31/2010 5:32:57 PM PDT by bilhosty
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To: bilhosty

What happened to all the money that was already designated for this damn border problem????


2 posted on 05/31/2010 5:36:38 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: bilhosty
He will ask Congress for $500 million to boost border security

Just wait --he'll immediately hand it over to Mexico to "help" them.

3 posted on 05/31/2010 5:38:13 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: bilhosty

Let’s see, 1200 soldiers working in three shifts is 400 soldiers at a time.

The M2 Browning .50 cal machine gun has a maximum range of 1800m. So a 135 degree front field of fire would give it coverage of about 3000 meters left to right. Each gun would have a 2 man crew, so that is 200 firing positions at 3000 meters each.

600 kilometers of border covered. About 372 miles. The US-Mexico border is 3,169 km (1,969 miles).

We’re going to need about 7,200 National Guardsmen to cover the whole border. Not including those that support them.

Fortunately, there are about 17,000 Border Patrol agents already on the US Mexico border. So maybe we can get some of them to man those machine gun nests.


4 posted on 05/31/2010 5:52:30 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: bilhosty

He needs to leave office and now.


5 posted on 05/31/2010 6:26:54 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

Ping!


6 posted on 05/31/2010 6:35:36 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ SEIU Supports the Slave Trade ~)
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To: bilhosty

Didn’t Obama say he has no time for border issues? He also had little time for oil spill. But he sure has had time to meet with soccer team, etc.


7 posted on 06/01/2010 12:35:49 PM PDT by Dante3
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