I don't know what the $2 Billion was for specifically.
Retarded not to send more National Guard troops to Arizona though. That state is a leaky bucket. Would be much better than the policies the state is trying.
What obvious political double-speak for "I WANT MORE BACON!"
So when is there enough border security for us to be able to deal with other avenues of immigration reform? Why can't we do both at the same time? I'll tell you why, because the GOP doesn't want to deal with immigration and would rather kick the can down the road while placating the base that can only see military force as the only option
for once you say something i can absolutely agree with...
throwing more soldiers onto border security duty on its own isn't going to do a whole lot to fix the problem, it'll just change the way people enter the country illegally. we need real reform in our national immigration policies.
At least they are willing to secure the border. Even if they pussy out and go with Obama and the other neo-communists and give them amnesty, it's still a hell of a lot better than giving them amnesty and not closing the border.
What does reform mean though? How will reform stop the flow? That's the problem with the reform argument. How does it solve the issue beyond sounding good as it bounces around in ones head?
Plugging the border up does solve one part of the issue immediately. Once we can actually get a decent handle on the border and turn the flood into atleast a trickle, then we can worry about handling the other issues pertaining to illegal immigration.
Simply changing the definition of illegal immigration through "reform" doesn't solve the issue.