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  • Senate Shifts Iraq Funds to Borders, Ports

    04/26/2006 9:43:29 AM PDT · by West Coast Conservative · 72 replies · 1,557+ views
    AP ^ | April 26, 2006 | ANDREW TAYLOR
    The Senate voted Wednesday to divert some of the money President Bush requested for the war in Iraq to instead increase patrols against illegal immigrants on the nation's borders and increase security at U.S. ports. An amendment cutting Bush's Iraq request by $1.3 billion to pay for new Border Patrol agents, aircraft some fencing at border crossings widely used by illegal immigrants was adopted on 59-39 vote. While the border security funds had sweeping support, Democrats and Republicans argued over whether the cuts to Pentagon war funds would harm troops on the ground in Iraq. The cuts, offered by Judd...