Immigration reform and border security are key elements of SB 1070, the controversial new Arizona immigration law that has everyone talking. According to the Los Angeles Times, President Obama was so inspired by the legislation – or underwhelmed, depending upon the source – that he is now demanding that Congress punch through a $ 600 million emergency fund to ramp up Border Patrol numbers by at least 1,000, put two Predator drones on duty and improve overall border security. An unnamed senior White House official told the Times that Obama’s border security spending budget plan would contain 160 additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, plus dog units.
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Border security is vital to national defense, said Obama
President Obama’s message regarding the use of the $ 600 million in taxpayer funds was quite clear in his letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. His letter highlights the “urgent and essential need” of America’s borderlands, embroiled as they’re in a near-constant state of emergency. The United States’ southern border with Mexico is increasingly becoming a killing field. Mexico’s drug war – which they’re easily losing to the cartels – no doubt influenced the president’s $ 600 million move. It may be high time, as the drug cartels are already openly threatening U.S. authorities, says the New York Daily News. Much of the proposed $ 600 million emergency fund would help give overrun Mexican authorities with ballistics and DNA analysis, with the hope the drug war doesn’t spill over to the U.S..
Making border security a more active agenda
”The gateway to The United States for drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping and crime” is how Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer describes her beleaguered state. More than any U.S. politician of late – maybe ever – Brewer has mounted probably the most furious argument against the federal government’s relative inaction on border security. Predator drones, better fences and additional manpower are essential to keeping Arizona and other border states safe, argues Brewer. Enforcing Arizona immigration law SB 1070 will not create a “Papers, please!” military state, but will really have a positive effect on border security, according to Brewer. Mexico is suing Arizona for SB 1070, reports CNN, but border security is an issue that concerns all Americans. Violence in border states, whether it be because of a drug war or illegal immigration and slave trade, will not continue in a country that takes border security seriously.
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Los Angeles Times
latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-border-patrol-20100623,,4691128.story
New York Daily News
nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/06/22/2010-06-22_mexican_drug_cartel_threatens_to_harm_us_police_officers_who_bust_drug_shipments.html
CNN
ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/23/mexico-files-court-brief-against-arizona-immigration-law/
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