Border law gets Bush's signature
President pushes for GOP during Phoenix-area stop
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.05.2006
advertisementBy Daniel Scarpinato
PARADISE VALLEY 鈥?President Bush signed federal legislation here Wednesday that he says will help "protect the American people," in part, by tightening security on the U.S.-Mexican border.
The bill appropriates money to the Department of Homeland Security in a number of areas, but Bush's Arizona signing was meant to highlight its most high-profile element: illegal immigration.
Bush signed the bill shortly after telling those at a $500-a-person fundraiser, "If you want to make sure those on the front line of protecting you have the tools necessary to do so, you vote Republican for the safety of the United States of America." The fundraiser for Republican Rep. Rick Renzi took in $450,000.
The president accused some Democrats of putting national security at risk by voting against bills that would allow secret eavesdropping on phone calls and tough measures to interrogate prisoners to try to detect terror plots.
Democrats said Bush was just trying to distract from his failed management of the war on terror with his comments.
The border-security legislation, approved last month, provides $1.2 billion to fund 700 miles of fencing and barriers along the border, plus money for jails to detain illegal entrants and hire 1,500 more border agents.
"This legislation will give us better tools to enforce our immigration laws and to secure our southern border," he said. "This bill's going to make this country safer to all of our citizens."
With immigration the top issue for voters in Southern Arizona and high on the radar for voters nationally, the bill comes as the November midterm elections draw near.
"I understand full well that illegal immigration puts pressure on the public schools and hospitals," he said. "It strains state and local budgets. In some communities it increases crime."
The president, with Phoenix-area mountains in the background, was flanked by Sen. Jon Kyl, an author of the bill; Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano; and Republican U.S. Reps. J.D. Hayworth, Trent Franks and Renzi.
Napolitano said the greatest benefit of the legislation is more federal funding, though she said it's unclear how much Arizona will receive.
"I think Congress is not done yet," she said. "They need to pass comprehensive immigration reform, and they can't just pass this bill and think their job is over. It's not. But it's a good start."
Bush and Napolitano both mentioned the need for a worker plan. Kyl said he would like to see that addressed in November or December.
But Kyl also stressed the importance of the fencing, which will be placed based on border traffic flow.
"it's not just fence . . ."
"It's not just fence, it's high-tech virtual techniques plus Border Patrol and roads so the Border Patrol can be where they need to be," said Kyl, who drafted key parts of the legislation, including a provision that criminalizes construction of a tunnel across an international border.
Of fencing, Napolitano said: "Fencing to me is something you use in conjunction with other things if it's really going to be effective," mentioning radar and lighting as key aspects. damn!How many id's does she have? They will still get in. They work cheap and Bush and his giant Corporate money supporters all like that .. so it won't stop. :) But will he enforce it? i wonder if this is political move to drive the attention to a point far ...far ....away from their criminal-pedophiliac-drunky bastard gop??.... ummmmm????
i love republican for trhe family the integrity and thier values
hail to senserbrener!!! How's this for BAD NEWS...the USA will probably not exist any longer on October 25th!!!
Read this article and get prepared...
http://www.connectfast.com/Nato-Roadmap....
Don't say you weren't warned. Who cares build the fence. The American public has clamored that they wish for this atrocity to be built. Then once all those billions of dollars are sunk into the building of this shameful wall......there will be no money for mass deportations...You seed this is why the government is building this wall... We all know that it will not serve the purpose for which it is built....They didn't even build a levy that could protect New Orleans..... the illegals crossing are just as unpredictable.....Build the fence so they will be able to say later well we don't have the money now for deportations.......Also you will see discounts on ladders on the other side of the border. You just need a ladder to safely scale the wall without a scratch. AMF (Aidos Mother Fu#kers) I prefer to say "Good Bye!". You know what if you're an illegal, and you're talking bad about them you shouldn't. People just don't understand the fact that these people are here only to work and have a better life. We must stay on the "elected class" until they get this guest worker program off the agenda.... The hardest part of stopping illegal immigration & ridding our country of illegals has just begun.... keep writing & calling....we made a difference this time we can do it again!!
No Amnesty (by any name)
Attrition thru Local, State & Federal Enforcement
Repeal the 14th Amendment Don麓t you love their way, don麓t you love them baby, don麓t you love them as you walk out the door.
Dude, I have big news for you: borders are there for nobody, and people all over live anywhere we want, not because some slutt says "not here" others are to follow, capisce? Nowadays there is economic exploits and garbage every where, so why not let it be and blame it on the postman who goes to your door, how dare him, shame on him. Did I cross the line? welcome to planet earth, it is twisted, possesed, and other麓s own, get used or in the program, bet you already have a wonderfull choice, right? land of the free alright. Please laugh at me and call the day, I am foreigner. Adios gringo. Vaya con D铆os.
PD: after the wall is built they are to circle it and fill it so we can cross over wet and all the way you want, ain麓t it grand? Excellent...it's about time ! Don't let the door hit you on the way out!!! And to those who say it won't work , this will be a smart wall. Even if they jump over or dig under it has heat sensors and motion detectors, They won't get by. If that doesn't work I'm sure Arnold will send some predator monsters to attack them. Bush was in Paradise Valley.. median income over $164,811 a year, median home 1.5 million, some over 15 million, 95.60% white, the Camelback Inn where he spoke is a gated resort with private homes on the property, I worked at a private residence there last spring helping a semi retired surgeon set up his home office, at 8:30 am you will see over 60 Mexicans doing the landscaping of those lawns and probably another 30 tending the golf course and flower beds, how many of them do you suppose are here legally and how willing do you think those rich folks are to lose their cheap labor..... smoke and mirrors I think. T.J. Bonner, president of the union that represents Border Patrol agents, said fencing would prove ineffective in deterring illegal crossings. "It's a waste of money and it's a false promise," he said. "People are going to expect results and they're not going to see results and they're going to become frustrated."
"Go back to bed, America, your government has figured out how to make it all better. Go back to bed America, your goverment is in control. Here, here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up, go back to bed America, here is American Gladiators, here is 56 channels of it! Watch these pituitary retards bang their skulls together and congratulate you on the living in the land of freedom. Here you go America - you are free to do what well tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!" - Bill Hicks Just hope it's enforced. Are you ready to say Adios to WAL-MART. or TACO BELL or CHEAP FOOD in general or any of the comforts you enjoy as an american that is buit on the backs of poor people you mongaloid retard hick? |
