Today, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) released a Border Security Proposal which would provide $600 million in offset funding for various border security provisions. The bill was a counter to a different border security bill proposed by Republican Arizona Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain, which would have gleaned its funding from the 2009 economic stimulus.
The Schumer-McCaskill bill proposes $175.9 million for the hiring of additional Border Patrol agents on the southwest border, $50 million for additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, $14 million for additional border fencing, $32 million for unmanned aerial vehicles, and funding for a number of other programs designed to secure the border and fight drug and gun smuggling.
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Danny H says:
August 6, 2010 at 1:20 pm (UTC -5 )
Excellent, this 2 understand we have to play ball and be as agressive about it as republicans.
If democrats understand, that we cannot grant undocumented workers a green card or citizenship at least on the first stage of CIR we will be able to gain a lot of ground.
Grant them a work permit first and have them pay taxes(the ones that already don`t pay)and a fine to get the permit.Apply that money towards border security and a national ID and then after a few years you can proof with hard numbers how much they contribute to our economy.
If we don`t do this we will keep failing on CIR.
Tino Reyes, Sr. says:
August 9, 2010 at 2:55 pm (UTC -5 )
I believe we the best way to get the immigration reform is to grant them a work permit similiar and at a later time grant to apply for permanent residency. What about Temporary Protected Status?
Tino Reyes, Sr.