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To: johnny7

The president has supported building a wall for over a year now, so if you have problems with the fact that a wall hasn't been built, take it up with Congress. He supported Sensenbrenner's suggestion to build a 700 mile wall, but Congress rejected it. Bush even signed legislation which funded the wall.

http://www.colum.edu/students/reservoir/studentlife/february2006/week1/borderfence0206.htm
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/5/3/115432.shtml

As an aside, although there are complaints that under this administration, employer fines have decreased for hiring illegal immigration, what seems to have gone unnoticed by the border hysterics is that it's because what was once a fine is now a CRIME.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/15/AR2006041501049_pf.html

Some of the Governors don't want a fence. Why don't you attack them?
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48017

And it is within the power of each Governor to call up the National Guard to defend the borders. But some Governors are opposed to that idea too.

And for those who are saying the war in Iraq is making it impossible for our National Guard to protect the country here, there are over 300,000 National Guardsmen and only 30,000 are in Iraq or Afghanistan.





7 posted on 05/21/2006 6:27:38 AM PDT by Peach (DICC's - doing the work for the DNC)
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To: Peach
Your national guard facts are little lies of omission by the media and the left. They try to make it sound like all the guard is over seas.
15 posted on 05/21/2006 6:38:28 AM PDT by satchmodog9 (Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
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To: Peach
There may be 290,000 guardsmen here, but they are only going to send 6,000 to the border and they are only going to do their training there. They will only assist in administrative duties and will not really be ON the border.

As for the wall, Bush has never supported a wall until recently and then it is only for 360 miles, mostly for the built up areas.

Bush is weak on immigration, does not enforce the current laws and has allowed the situation to worsen during his watch. These are facts. The fact is he wants the ILLEGALS to have amnesty, and he is doing everything he can to make it happen. He is pandering now, with his fake sending of the guard to the border and claiming he wants a Wall.

If he was really serious about supporting our immigration laws he would not support catch and release. The pres has the authortiy to force ICE and INS to actually catch and deport prisoners, but of course he gives orders contrary to that.

Only someone who wants to blind themselves to any mistake he makes would think he is for border enforcement.

22 posted on 05/21/2006 6:43:13 AM PDT by calex59 (No country can survive multiculturalism. Dual cultures don't mix, history has taught us that!)
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To: Peach
Bush recently authorized the completion of a 14-mile fence and concrete barrier along the border near San Diego.

The Prez. never supported a wall on the entire border, or even a large portion.

He simply funded $70 million to complete a previously authorized wall near San Diego.

38 posted on 05/21/2006 7:17:30 AM PDT by Edit35
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To: Peach
The president has supported building a wall for over a year now

You are so disingenuous...You know as anyone else that Bush says a wall won't work...This is the wall you are referring to...

Bush recently authorized the completion of a 14-mile fence and concrete barrier along the border near San Diego.

So what is it??? You support open borders, or just blindly follow Bush???

64 posted on 05/21/2006 8:07:34 AM PDT by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the whole trailer park...)
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