Thread: Lawmakers expect revised border violence plan from Calderon

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Lawmakers expect revised border violence plan from Calderon visit
By Jordy Yager - 05/16/10 07:40 PM ET

Lawmakers are expecting the White House and Mexican President Felipe Calderon to announce a revised two-country plan aimed at addressing the increasing drug violence along the border region when the two heads of state meet next week.

The meeting comes as several members of Congress also say they’ve heard rumblings that President Barack Obama is inching closer to sending National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border region, though none could confirm that to definitely be the case.

A spokesman for the White House said Obama was still considering whether to send National Guard troops. He emphasized that “the administration has dedicated unprecedented manpower, technology and infrastructure resourcesâ€

Here's my plan - 1) the Mexican government keeps their military vehicles and helicopters on their side of the border; 2) the Mexican government ceases publication of the comic book that gives their citizens instructions on how to sneak into the U.S.; 3) heavily tax all remittances and apply the proceeds to state costs of illegal immigration.