Posted on 08/06/2010 1:00:08 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
In a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, Senate Republicans on Thursday night joined their Democratic colleagues to pass legislation boosting border security funding by $600 million, including money for 1,500 new border personnel, a pair of unmanned drones and operating bases.
The Senate passed the Democrat-sponsored bill by unanimous consent and forwarded it to the House, which passed a similar $700 million proposal last week and could take up the Senate measure when members return for a special session next week.
The Senate bill would not add to the deficit - a concern of many Republicans - but would be paid for by hiking fees on so-called chop shops, foreign companies that use U.S. visa programs to import cheap labor from countries like India. Firms with more than 50 percent of their employees on H-1B work visas would be affected.
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Sen. John McCain, who previously introduced a similar border-security bill with Sen. Jon Kyl, praised the bill as a "significant piece of legislation" and requested that both Arizona Republicans be listed as co-sponsors. Moments earlier though, McCain's efforts to attach three amendments to the bill were rebuffed by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a chief sponsor.
One of those amendments would have provided $200 million for "Operation Streamline," a Bush administration program that requires federal criminal charges for those who cross the border illegally.
"I believe we have a lot more to do but this will contribute to our effort to get our border secured," McCain said on the Senate floor. "We will continue to fight for all of the provisions Senator Kyl and I put forward."
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Drones? WTF for? Just so some defense contractor can sell something? They don’t enforce any laws. McCain is a POS.
I’ll bet you could build a damn nice wall for $600 million. And staff it with lots of heavily-armed National Guard facing outward into Mexico, too, freeing up the Border Patrol for handling checkpoints and for interior enforcement just behind the wall.
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A 36 second video. You won’t believe what you hear.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=5373725
The problem is that the wall would work. The last thing RINOs like McCain want is something effective against illegal immigration.
We don’t need drones and cameras. We need a fence and armed guards.
use the Israel design and
build the fence!!!
That seems kind of pricey for a RCA.
...but would be paid for by hiking fees on so-called chop shops, foreign companies that use U.S. visa programs to import cheap labor from countries like India.
Chop shops? I've always heard them called "Body shops".
That dirtbike was pretty awesome.
maybe he is practising jumping a fence or something,,,I am thinking that is what it has to do with this thread....
What good are drones? The only thing they can legally do is ‘spot’ the bad guys so that the good guys know where the bad guys are. At the moment, if someone actually hands the bad guys to the good guys, all that happens is a little talk and they are released back onto the streets. Forget drones unless the are backed up by border guards with authority to do something.
Huh?
Go to:
A 36 second video. You won’t believe what you hear.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=53737255
You clearly don’t understand! Drones are necessary so that they can COUNT the crossers and adjust the census numbers accordingly.
McCain is a drone. A RINO drone placed in the Senate to block any conservative policy gains.
In pre-WWII military exercises, the Wermacht would shoot one live round for every 9999 blanks.
9999 simulated machine gun rounds, one live 7.92 round.
9999 artillery simulators, 1 live 88mm round
9999 fake land mines, one real one.
Does add a certain “realism”
:)
Will these drones carry missiles? Or will we just watch the illegals cross?
So now we’re to believe democrats and McCain will actually SECURE the border after spending years pushing AMNESTY and preventing ARIZONA from protecting itself?? Uh, yeah.
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