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flstf · 07-18-2006, 09:59 AM

For some reason your link did not work for me but this one did:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...NGOKB837T1.DTL

This article is from Feb 2005. Since then I think they are proposing to send numerous national guard to the border. This of course is not as good as actually having more border patrol agents since the guard is for backround support only.

It seems as though the President, the Senate, and many house Democrats are not really interested in securing the southern border. Most border security support seems to be coming from mainly some house Republicans. I believe that many of our polititians are worried more about losing some immigrant (legal and illegal) votes than securing the Mexican border. Also many businesses that employ illegals are probably campaign contributors.

07-18-2006, 09:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
flstf Easy Rider Location: Moscow on the Ohio	For some reason your link did not work for me but this one did: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...NGOKB837T1.DTL This article is from Feb 2005. Since then I think they are proposing to send numerous national guard to the border. This of course is not as good as actually having more border patrol agents since the guard is for backround support only. It seems as though the President, the Senate, and many house Democrats are not really interested in securing the southern border. Most border security support seems to be coming from mainly some house Republicans. I believe that many of our polititians are worried more about losing some immigrant (legal and illegal) votes than securing the Mexican border. Also many businesses that employ illegals are probably campaign contributors.