Senate Approves $600 Million Border Bill

[Tx4obama]

Source: The AP (via HuffPo)

WASHINGTON — The Senate agreed Thursday to add $600 million to the effort to stop the flow of illegal immigrants across the U.S. Mexican border.

The money would be used for such purposes as adding 1,500 new enforcement agents and deploying unmanned aerial drones to improve border surveillance.

The voice vote to pass the emergency spending came in the final hours before the Senate leaves for its monthlong summer break. Its sponsor, Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, said it would boost border spending 10 percent above 2010 levels.

President Barack Obama has urged Congress to come up with $600 million to reinforce border security, and, with Arizona's attempt to crack down on undocumented immigrants bringing national focus to the issue, both Republicans and Democrats have endorsed more robust border security spending.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/05/senate-border-bill-passes-600-million_n_672739.html

[onehandle]

1. Great. Can we count on Republicans to line up and do their sub-minimum wage work?

Let me guess.

[Rage for Order]

3. No, but maybe we can count on the employers to pay a decent wage instead?

:shrug:

[ixion]

2. Yet another nice revenue stream for the MIC

that serves no other purpose than to enrich a small few and rocket us ever closer to the corporate police state.

[No Elephants]

4. Waste of $600 million to placate the RW.