Thread: FAIR ACTION ALERT - BORDER SECURITY FUNDING STRIPPED

BORDER SECURITY FUNDING STRIPPED IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE!!!!
CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS NOW!

Yesterday, the conference committee on the Department of Defense Appropriations bill (H.R. 3222) stripped two critical provisions aimed at securing the border. The first provision stripped was an amendment offered by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and agreed to by unanimous consent that would have kept 6,000 National Guard troops on the border through September 30, 2008 (S.A. 3192). Members of the conference committee replaced this provision with language funding only 3,000 troops through July of 2008-consistent with the Bush Administration's plan to draw down the National Guard troops from the border. The second provision stripped would have authorized an additional $3 billion to be spent for increasing border patrol agents, building the fence border and funding the 287(g) program. This funding language was originally offered to the DOD Appropriations bill by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and co-sponsored by 13 other Senators. The amendment (S.A. 3117) was adopted on a vote of 95 to 1.

These provisions were essentially the only serious and meaningful immigration reforms Congress passed this year. Yanking them out of the DOD Appropriations Bill is further proof that Congress is not serious about true immigration reform.

Please call your Congressman and Senators TODAY and demand that they restore this funding! Tell them that you want the Operation Jump Start provision and the $3 Billion Border Security provision put back into H.R. 3222, the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill!

Remind them that you opposed the Bush-Kennedy Amnesty bill because you wanted true immigration reform-not a reward for illegal activity. Tell your Members of Congress you are watching this issue and keeping track of how they vote!

I heard today on the news that Homeland Security has 9 billion they have not even touched. I don't think the problem with 287g was funding, it was lack of prople to train the police departments, that is why they are all backed up.

But pulling the troops is a load of crap!! more excuses not to get our county secure!

What happen to that old saying " it would take an act of congress to get it done" can't even count on them with this one!

Bush does not want to secure the borders.


It is so obvious.

Is that not twice they have killed funding for 287G? That is one program that really needs to get going.