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Commit to build the already approved 700-mile fence on the U.S.-Mexico border
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Background
The Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Pub.L. 109-367) was enacted October 26, 2006 in the United States. This act is one part of an immigration reform that President George W. Bush has planned for the future. The act allows for over 700 miles of double-reinforced fence to be built across cities and deserts alike between California and Texas. It authorizes the installation of more lighting, vehicle barriers, and border checkpoints, while putting in place more advanced equipment like sensors, cameras, satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles in an attempt to watch and control illegal immigration into the United States.
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The President’s 2008 [Homeland Security] Budget
- Increases non-defense homeland security spending by 9.5 percent Government-wide compared to 2007, excluding 2007 emergency funding and borrowing authority for interoperability grants;
- Provides $13 billion to strengthen border security and immigration enforcement, including $1 billion to construct fences and secure the Southwest border, building upon the $1.5 billion appropriated for 2006 and 2007—an unprecedented investment on the Nation's borders;
- Funds 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, which will lead to the doubling of the force by the end of 2008, provides for 950 new detention beds, and continues funding for an automated, user-friendly eligibility verification system;
- Provides $2 billion in grants for first responder preparedness—on top of $1 billion in interoperable communications grants previously authorized—and over $5 billion in funds that State, local, and tribal governments are currently spending;
- Enhances the ability to detect, identify, and track down the origins of nuclear and radiological materials;
- Strengthens FEMA by improving partnerships with States and professionalizing the national emergency management system; and
- Improves the ability to identify visitors and to assist with law enforcement and terrorism investigations by collecting 10 fingerprints (instead of the two that are currently collected and screened) at the Nation’s ports of entry.
[Office of Management and Budget - http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/homeland.html]
see more on Wikipedia
The President’s 2008 [Homeland Security] Budget
- Increases non-defense homeland security spending by 9.5 percent Government-wide compared to 2007, excluding 2007 emergency funding and borrowing authority for interoperability grants;
- Provides $13 billion to strengthen border security and immigration enforcement, including $1 billion to construct fences and secure the Southwest border, building upon the $1.5 billion appropriated for 2006 and 2007—an unprecedented investment on the Nation's borders;
- Funds 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, which will lead to the doubling of the force by the end of 2008, provides for 950 new detention beds, and continues funding for an automated, user-friendly eligibility verification system;
- Provides $2 billion in grants for first responder preparedness—on top of $1 billion in interoperable communications grants previously authorized—and over $5 billion in funds that State, local, and tribal governments are currently spending;
- Enhances the ability to detect, identify, and track down the origins of nuclear and radiological materials;
- Strengthens FEMA by improving partnerships with States and professionalizing the national emergency management system; and
- Improves the ability to identify visitors and to assist with law enforcement and terrorism investigations by collecting 10 fingerprints (instead of the two that are currently collected and screened) at the Nation’s ports of entry.
[Office of Management and Budget - http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/homeland.html]
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