Thread: Isakson, Chambliss: 6,000 troops needed on border

Isakson, Chambliss: 6,000 troops needed on border

Associated Press
05/26/10 3:25 PM PDT


ATLANTA — Two of Georgia's Republican senators are co-sponsoring legislation to fund 6,000 National Guard troops on the Southwest border — five times the number President Obama is planning to send.

Sen. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss are sponsoring the amendment to a supplemental spending bill. In a statement, they say Congress should demonstrate a strong commitment to border security and that the 1,200 troops Obama plans to send to the border are not nearly enough to combat illegal immigration, drug trafficking and escalating violence on the U.S.-Mexico border

http://www.sfexaminer.com/nation/isakso ... 67099.html

Arizona Senators McCain and Kyl are wanting to send 6,000 to the border.
but i read on another post that Reid, Menendez and others will not even allow the amendment mentioned on the floor tomorrow or be voted on

Hell, truth be known 6,000 aren't enough. In any case the US-Mexico border will have to be a "place where the birds don't sing" before it's all over with.

We are pushing for 25,000 National Guard on the border and requisitioning Marine and Army Reservists for interior U.S. states enforcement.