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    Border communities call for more spending for legal crossing

    Border communities call for more spending for legal crossings




    Associated Press - March 31, 2008 3:54 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress has focused on fortifying the nation's borders to crack down on illegal immigration.

    But officials from border communities say more money and attention also needs to go to beefing up legal entry points for those who cross daily for business and pleasure.

    Members of the Border Trade Alliance opened a 2-day conference in Washington today to discuss the latest strains on cross-border traffic and commerce.

    Some of the needs are as simple as placing bathrooms near inspectors' booths in Pharr, Texas, so vehicle lanes aren't shut down when an inspector needs to take a break.

    Other needs will take more money, such as filling thousands of port staff vacancies.


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    Border Trade Alliance: http://www.thebta.org

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    But officials from border communities say more money and attention also needs to go to beefing up legal entry points for those who cross daily for business and pleasure.

    Members of the Border Trade Alliance opened a 2-day conference in Washington today to discuss the latest strains on cross-border traffic and commerce.
    Border TRADE Alliance......no self-serving interest here is there

    Are these border communities cooperating with or hindering the building of the border fence

    In my opinion, no money should be spent enhancing border crossings, unless it's a national security issue, until the border is secure.

    Some of the needs are as simple as placing bathrooms near inspectors' booths in Pharr, Texas, so vehicle lanes aren't shut down when an inspector needs to take a break.
    Give we the tax-payers a 'break'!!!
    Perhaps part of the inspector's 'break' is leaving the booth and walking to get away from the constant influx of crossers. Have the inspectors been consulted?
    How 'simple' and costly will it be to tear up concrete roads to install the plumbing?
    "Distrust and caution are the parents of security."
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