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  • Bush to Say Border Not Fully Under Control

    05/15/2006 2:59:55 PM PDT · by notes2005 · 119 replies · 1,992+ views
    AP ^ | 05/15/2006 | NEDRA PICKLER
    WASHINGTON - President Bush is to order as many as 6,000 National Guard troops to increase enforcement at the Mexican border, part of a $1.9 billion drive to tighten security and win conservative backing in Congress for a broad election-year overhaul of the nation's tattered immigration laws. "We do not yet have full control of the border and I am determined to change that," Bush is expected to say in remarks prepared for a prime-time speech from the Oval Office. The speech will come as the Senate begins work on legislation to strengthen border security, authorize new guest worker programs...