An amendment to the Illegal Immigration bill* has passed the Senate which is supposed to vote on the entire bill today. Among the items in the amendment was the increase of border troops (agents?) from 21,000 (!) to 40,000. Another item is to complete the 700 mi. of fencing, a complex issue as to what constitutes a fence (Currently there is only 36.3 mi. of double layer fencing with 649 mi. comprised of vehicle barriors and single layer pedestrian fencing.).** It is interesting that we cannot find money to do so many things in the government but we can find money to fight the border cold war. But wait, there is an aspect to this that hasn't been mentioned, to the best of my knowledge. The Federal government is about to hire (or contract for) an additional 19,000 more troops and more hires to complete the double layer fencing. Say, that is a decent jobs bill isn't it.
President Obama has been deporting record numbers of illegals, lately around 400,000/yr. Before his second term is over, President Obama can easily have deported 2 million illegal immigrants. In some cases, these deportations cause severe family problems with American born children (and therefore American citizens) left behind in this country.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States
** http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/may/16/barack-obama/obama-says-border-fence-now-basically-complete/
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