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President BarackObama
August 13, 2010
President Obama signed into law a $600
billion border security bill Friday that will beef up surveillance on
the U.S.- Mexico border. In a statement released Thursday, the president said the bill will
make "an important difference" as his administration "continues to work with
Congress toward bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform to secure our
borders, and restore responsibility and accountability to our broken immigration
system."
In a press briefing on Friday, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano hailed the bipartisan support for the bill and said the new law "demonstrates the border is not and should not be a political issue." She focused on the resources the Obama administration has allocated to border security and called the legislation "another step forward . . . on top of the significant progress the administration has already made."
The new law will pay for 1,500 additional Border Patrol agents, as well as construction of "forward operating bases" for agents to detain people on the border. It will increase the number of unmanned surveillance drones to provide real-time information to authorities about illegal crossings, heighten communication between federal agents and local police, and pay for additional ATF, FBI and other agents to target drug and human trafficking rings. The law will be funded by raising fees on foreign-based personnel companies that use U.S. visa programs, including the popular H-1B program, which brings skilled workers to the United States.
Though many senators were absent from Congress because of the August recess, the bill was passed by voice vote in the Senate during a special session on Thursday. The House passed the measure on Tuesday, also in a special session.
The bill's sponsors in the Senate, Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), echoed the White House's sentiments and expressed hope that the legislation would be the first step toward passing immigration reform legislation. Said Schumer, "It's my hope that the bill we're passing today will break the deadlock." But on Thursday, GOP Sens. John McCain and John Kyl, both of Arizona, cast doubt on the bill's efficacy in battling cross-border violence, and accused Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) of "needless political maneuvering" in bringing the Senate back from its August recess.
In response to questions as to how feasible comprehensive reform might be in an election year, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said, "We'll get reform when Democrats and Republicans are willing to go back and be leaders."
In a press briefing on Friday, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano hailed the bipartisan support for the bill and said the new law "demonstrates the border is not and should not be a political issue." She focused on the resources the Obama administration has allocated to border security and called the legislation "another step forward . . . on top of the significant progress the administration has already made."
The new law will pay for 1,500 additional Border Patrol agents, as well as construction of "forward operating bases" for agents to detain people on the border. It will increase the number of unmanned surveillance drones to provide real-time information to authorities about illegal crossings, heighten communication between federal agents and local police, and pay for additional ATF, FBI and other agents to target drug and human trafficking rings. The law will be funded by raising fees on foreign-based personnel companies that use U.S. visa programs, including the popular H-1B program, which brings skilled workers to the United States.
Though many senators were absent from Congress because of the August recess, the bill was passed by voice vote in the Senate during a special session on Thursday. The House passed the measure on Tuesday, also in a special session.
The bill's sponsors in the Senate, Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), echoed the White House's sentiments and expressed hope that the legislation would be the first step toward passing immigration reform legislation. Said Schumer, "It's my hope that the bill we're passing today will break the deadlock." But on Thursday, GOP Sens. John McCain and John Kyl, both of Arizona, cast doubt on the bill's efficacy in battling cross-border violence, and accused Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) of "needless political maneuvering" in bringing the Senate back from its August recess.
In response to questions as to how feasible comprehensive reform might be in an election year, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said, "We'll get reform when Democrats and Republicans are willing to go back and be leaders."
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Posted by WILLIAM BEAMON. Posted In : POLITICS TODAY
