Obama orders $ 600 million border security boost

As debate over the new Arizona immigration law SB 1070 rages on, the decision for immigration reform and additional border security is boiling over and can no longer be pushed to the back burner. As outlined by 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. As part of the border security fund, 160 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and additional Border Patrol dog units would also be hired, according to an unnamed senior White House official.

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Border security is vital to national defense, said Obama

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi received a letter from the president that underscored just how seriously he views his $ 600 million plan. It is a matter of “urgent and essential need,” writes Obama; it is an emergency. America’s border to the south is often stained by violence. The Mexican drug war no doubt hastened Mr. Obama’s decision to pump up Border Patrol forces. The New York Daily News reports the cartels are now openly threatening violence against U.S. border security, so the president’s move comes at an opportune time. 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 does not spill over to the U.S..

Border security should be an active endeavor

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer proclaimed in her recent meeting with President Obama that Arizona is “the gateway to The US for drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping and crime”. And that’s one of the a lot more subtle cues Brewer has given concerning her outrage over the federal government’s relative inactivity over border security. Predator drones, top personnel and also the kind of fences that really do the job are what Arizona needs, attests Brewer. Enforcing Arizona immigration law SB 1070 will not create a “Papers, please!” military state, but will really have a optimistic effect on border security, according to Brewer. Even a Mexican lawsuit against SB 1070 (as CNN reports) won’t stop the move toward tighter border security in America. People who live within the borderlands have had enough of the government’s ina! ction; perhaps Obama’s emergency fund is a step in the right direction.

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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/